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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have one female friend who is in such a relationship.  Her husband suggested it and they both have partaken in this new arrangement.  It has not saved the marriage...
I think people who suggest this into their marriage are emotionally unavailable and the partner who accepts this is being emotionally abused.

Btw, there are guys on dating apps that put this info in their profile and I always really appreciate the info because -&gt; swipe left[/quote]

I'm not sure that describes all open marriages, but probably a lot (and I don't think the genders tend in any direction in the emotional abuser/abused dynamic in this kind of situation.)  My feeling is that if this was going to be a legitimately stable option, the relationship would have been open *before* they got married/had kids.  I do know people in (apparently) healthy marriages that had open relationships, but that was prior to kids. I think it's much more common for a stable to relationship to evolve in that direction rather than the reverse, and maybe open up again when life gets less challenging. Otherwise, yeah, I have major skepticism about a couple deciding to open their marriage while they have young kids for the first time.  [/quote]

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