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[quote=Anonymous]As others have pointed out the success rate for open marriages is lower than for conventional monogamous marriages. This data point may not be as informative as it seems. Is the lower success rate due to the open marriage or the type of people/relationships who try open marriages? Most likely, people who are content with monogamy don't consider open marriages. So comparing the divorce rate for monogamous people to those in open marriages is not very informative. These are two different types of people/relationships.

You want to compare the success rate for open marriages to the success rate of monogamous marriages where both people are unhappy with monogamy due to a sexless marriage, boredom, etc.

Someone mentioned that some sexless marriages succeed. No doubt that is true. But how successful are sexless marriages when it is not mutually agreed upon and there is not a good reason (e.g. health problems).

What's the divorce rate for marriages where one person unilaterally decides to stop having sex and the other partner is not happy with this decision? I don't know, but I wouldn't be surprised if the rates were similar.
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