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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?
In my particular case the relationship was never not open. And also I was already heavily considering ending things before I slept with my then-roommate-now-gf, that just cemented that I needed to.
Honestly the problem wasn’t the open, it was the difference in thoughts of what our relationship was. I thought we were basically friends with benefits and if we were together that presents as acting like a couple. She thought of us as a couple but sometimes we go on dates or sleep with other people.