Recent content by arctic

Thanks, yes I've been re-playing my faults, mistakes, and wrong turns nearly constantly since the situation with the ex began. Had I not gotten into one-on-one therapy recently, I think I'd still be quietly accepting all the blame and thus believing there was still a chance if I could just...

Hi all, I made a post here a few months ago about my lack of trust with my partner and got some good replies.. predictably, things have gotten much worse. I posted on another forum but found this place to be very supportive, so here's my long story.. My partner and I were exclusive for about a...

Hi Ostrich, I've really enjoyed reading your blog, your humility and humor is refreshing. I don't especially want to go over all the emotionally charged details of my own relationship in the main forum yet but reading here has helped. I can relate to being open minded and accepting of the...

Thanks for the replies! I'd love to answer all the questions individually but it may be easier to just give some general background and then circle back to some of the other points you've all made. How things ended up this way- I'm in recovery (4 years sober). Shortly before I got sober, we...

My partner and I are exploring the idea of an open relationship. Or maybe more accurately- we've been in some form of an open relationship from the start, and are just now attempting to learn how to acknowledge and communicate about it in healthy ways. We've been romantically involved on and...