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whats your thought on open relationship? if both living in different states

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[–] bizzle@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm newly poly and my wife and girlfriend both live in town, but it's really fulfilling for all of us

[–] prash2671990@lemmy.world 0 points 2 hours ago (1 children)
[–] bizzle@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

It's been a long road but when I met GF I knew I wanted to date her and that I didn't want to cheat. She is happily married and was already poly so I talked to my wife about it. It was suuuuper weird at first, but now we're all friends. The most important thing about being poly- what makes it poly instead of just cheating- is openness and honesty. Just be honest and everything will work out for you.

[–] prash2671990@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

so if like my wife ask that poly with her senior so its good?

[–] bizzle@lemmy.world 1 points 53 minutes ago

Ok so to be poly everyone involved has to be good with it, and if you're not comfortable then it's not poly; it's cheating. My wife wasn't comfortable at first so we talked about it and now she is, but it's definitely not for everyone. The mononormative worldview in our society is DEEPLY ingrained. For the people in my polycule it's healthy and good for us, and all four of us have a good relationship with each other.