 Re: Open Marriage?
Trying to define open marriage is like trying to define swinging - there's no "official" definition. We've been there and done that merry-go-round already on both defining open marriage and swinging on this board - just search for "open marriage".
Personally, it's not worth defining - there's nothing more annoying to me than someone who doesn't swing or doesn't live in an open marriage trying to tell others how it is defined or practiced. I like having a rule book and can see why people like definitions, but this is one area that it just doesn't make sense to bother.
Wikipedia, which of course isn't exactly an authority, has a decent general definition: "Open marriage typically refers to a marriage in which the partners agree that each may engage in extramarital sexual relationships, without this being regarded as infidelity. There are many different styles of open marriage, with the partners having varying levels of input on their spouse's activities."
How you define it is going to be up to you and yours, and your experiences and your decisions.
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