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20 Non-Monogamy Experiences From People Over 40 That Prove Open Relationships Aren’t Anything New
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“I suppose my wife and I had what a person could call an open relationship. I always hesitate to call it that because people seem to think it means we allowed each other to do just any old thing, with anyone, at any time and that is far from the case.”
“Anyway, our marriage was open from the beginning until her death 41 years later. We knew of couples who experimented with a similar kind of relationship, and their marriage eventually failed or only survived because they ceased having an open relationship. We also knew couples for whom an open relationship worked long term.”
