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About six months after we opened our marriage, my husband, David, stopped me at the door as I was leaving for the night.
A shocked expression painted his face. Yes, Randy and I were boyfriend and girlfriend. I was on my way out to see him at that very moment. But why was my husband surprised by this? It was David’s idea to open our marriage, and wasn’t this always one of the risks – that I might get serious with someone else?
While open marriages are becoming more and more popular in our society, with 24% of Americans agreeing that society can benefit from moving toward an open style of monogamy, in our case this type of relationship was only pushing our marriage closer to its breaking point. Continue reading “As a Mom of 2, Having an Open Relationship Ended My Marriage — & I’m Happy It Did”