That's certainly one type of open relationship. There are others, though, where there is not a primary and a secondary. Every partnership/grouping is unique.

Boy, right in the middle of this, you hit on a statement that ought to be in foot-high flashing neon letters: Don't change your rules in the middle of something. "But...but...I was at a conference out of town and didn't have time to get ahold of you to get your approval first..."

Ha, I found it! I use ground turkey or chicken instead of the beef.
http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1626,158166-253197,00.html

Ah, but you're the one who made me aware of it...so a thousand thank-you's to you and to w7ngmann. It's made Slog comments take a drastic turn for the more-literate and less-assholish.

Ack! Cyndy's gave me food poisoning once. Granted, it was back before the invention of electricity, but still, I have a visceral abhorrence of it.