I'm in an Open Marriage . . . but We're Not Sleeping With Anyone Else

Pop Sugar ^ | March 21, 2018 | Anjali Sareen Nowakowski

[Georgia Girl 2]

I don’t think expecting your spouse to only have sex with you is “suffocating”.

My only question to the guy in this scenario is what did you ever see in this slutty woman who admits to bed hopping and wants to keep her options open even after you get married to her?

[CommerceComet]

Well, to be simultaneously more and less specific: I'm in a nonmonogamous marriage. An "open" marriage, in the nontraditional world, means that the couple may be having sex with other people but with no emotion involved. In contrast, in a "polyamorous" relationship, it means the couple is having sex with others and may also be having full-fledged relationships with others.

It is a lot easier to just call it what it is: adultery.

[MosesKnows]

a nonmonogamous marriage

Is this the politically correct expression for relationships with adulterers and sluts?

Monogamy and bigamy have this in common; one wife too many.

[Scooter100]

I had a friend at the office many years ago who used to brag how he and his wife had an “open” marriage. Turns out only he slept around. Two years into it, he committed suicide. So much for my fascination with a concept that in the end, doesn’t work.