Opening Up: A Guide To Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships

Our primary rule is not “anything goes,” it’s “everything is negotiable.”

She believes that trust is the key to their open relationship: “If you

time and energy they dedicate to the relationship, and each partner’s actions reflect these priorities. No one feels taken advantage of.

Kindness is very hard. I’m certainly not always kind, but it’s an ongoing process and an effort; I think that what it shows is that the relationship matters and that your partner will try not to hurt you. Part of being in a relationship involves taking care of the other person.

be prepared

Pandora’s box, but until you realize why you’re jealous you will not be able to resolve the issues causing the feeling.

“begin the practice of admitting how you feel when you feel it, speaking your secret judgments of others out loud, and constantly revealing your own petty and condescending ways.”

You might try polyamory if: • you want to have multiple relationships and define those relationships on your terms • you have the desire and capacity to love, share emotional and sexual intimacy, and commit to more than one partner • you don’t want to limit yourself to “just sex” from your additional relationships • you want to explore different se

“We are both very autonomous people, and his polyamory gives me a feeling of freedom. Plus, it makes my lover happy, and I’d much rather have a happy, fulfilled lover than a frustrated, resentful one.”

life is in the details.