I have been in a monogamous relationship for almost 5 years now, and during those 5 years I have still been discovering more about myself and the extent of my asexuality. I have been pretty certain and accepting of it for a while now, or so I thought.
I moved further away from my partner recently and I developed feelings for another person. That other person would not be as okay with having a relationship with someone who was asexual, which made me quite upset. Obviously this shouldn't matter as I am in a relationship anyway but it does.
This has led me to question quite a lot about my relationship, my asexuality, and if I actually want monogamy as I still care a lot about my long term partner too and don't want to lose them.
Has anyone else been in this situation? I don't even know if my partner or the other person would entertain the possibility of polyamory and I'm not even certain if that is what I want here, but some advice in figuring that out would be much appreciated.
I moved further away from my partner recently and I developed feelings for another person. That other person would not be as okay with having a relationship with someone who was asexual, which made me quite upset. Obviously this shouldn't matter as I am in a relationship anyway but it does.
This has led me to question quite a lot about my relationship, my asexuality, and if I actually want monogamy as I still care a lot about my long term partner too and don't want to lose them.
Has anyone else been in this situation? I don't even know if my partner or the other person would entertain the possibility of polyamory and I'm not even certain if that is what I want here, but some advice in figuring that out would be much appreciated.