Recent content by Mister Polywog

This is an important callout. Much of the marriage was spent with open communication, but with me generally relenting to her needs (“I disagree, but want you to be happy”). I’ve since learned that I played an important role in enabling these inequities, and I own that. honestly, I’m no longer...

Sadly, yes. We’ve looked at this from as many angles as we could, and she is just not interested in an open relationship of any sort.

Thank you all for your advice! We’ve certainly had many difficult conversations, and agree that we are at a difficult place from which both of us are finding I difficult to bend any further than we already are. I’m finding that, in addition to desiring polyamory and not wanting to lose my...

TL;DR My high school sweetheart of a wife’s serious extramarital relationship is ending, so she wants to close our 3-year open marriage. I’ve found someone I care about deeply and don’t want to lose them. Bigger than this, polyamory is something I now fully prescribe to and believe in. I don’t...