
Opening Up: A Guide To Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships

Listen to your partner without criticism or judgment.
Tristan Taormino • Opening Up: A Guide To Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships
as well as my guru, my emotional crying towel, and my First Personal National Bank.”
Tristan Taormino • Opening Up: A Guide To Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships
The majority of swingers consider themselves emotionally monogamous and sexually nonmonogamous.
Tristan Taormino • Opening Up: A Guide To Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships
Our primary rule is not “anything goes,” it’s “everything is negotiable.”
Tristan Taormino • Opening Up: A Guide To Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships
One of the reasons relationships fail is because we do have unrealistic expectations going into them, fueled by myths about “the one” true love who’s going to be our “everything.” Polyamorous people recognize this fallacy and respect each person’s capabilities and limits when it comes to what they can give. Instead of attempting to change someone,
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In my book, what’s right is following your heart and creating honest, ethical relationships that work for you.
Tristan Taormino • Opening Up: A Guide To Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships
And make no mistake: relationships take lots of work.
Tristan Taormino • Opening Up: A Guide To Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships
life is in the details.