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My girlfriend and I have been talking about entering an open relationship the last 3 years. We’ve been together for 6 and had our ups and downs but we’ve been really solid the last two years. We love each other and I say our relationship is strong.
The last week, we’ve been laying ground rules for potentially opening up our relationship. We want to keep it very casual with other people.
Anyone willing to share their experience both good or bad?
I've been in a polyamorous sort of situation. My partner had three other partners, which apparently didn't bother me. My main gripe, I think, was that their attention was inadequate to meet my own needs. While that was fine most of the time, since it was roughly the same as being single, sometimes they'd expend their touch-energy on other partners and leave me hanging out to dry, so to speak. In an ideal world, I might have had my affection needs met by someone else (or several others), but that is/was unlikely. Eventually, my partner decided they didn't see a future with me and broke up. As far as break ups go, it wasn't the worst. Still kinda hurt though. We're friendly acquaintances now.