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When women choose non-monogamy: ‘It’s an opportunity for more integration’

Though open marriage is often imagined as something men want, women also choose this relationship structure – with all its rewards and challenges It’s late afternoon, and Lucy texts her husband’s girlfriend. The sound of cartoons plays somewhere in the living room, and she absentmindedly wipes a smear of jam off the countertop. A few minutes earlier, Lucy’s phone buzzes with a school email: a parent-teacher event for Thursday evening. She’s been attending these events alone, but pauses this time. She wants her husband, Oliver, there. Continue reading...

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Though open marriage is often imagined as something men want, women also choose this relationship structure – with all its rewards and challenges It’s late afternoon, and Lucy texts her husband’s girlfriend. The sound of cartoons plays somewhere in the living room, and she absentmindedly wipes a smear of jam off the countertop. A few minutes earlier, Lucy’s phone buzzes with a school email: a parent-teacher event for Thursday evening. She’s been attending these events alone, but pauses this time. She wants her husband, Oliver, there. Continue reading…

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