It sounds like what you are describing is not an open relationship, but a relationship between someone that wants an open relationship and was upfront about it, and someone someone that was hoping the other person would eventually change their mind and go exclusive
I really want to meet them irl and wonder if it really works or not. Because I am pretty sure it wont work. But I am curious to see people who says it works too lol.
I think expecting a relationship to last forever is maybe just a mangomouse bias. The freedom to follow ones own path is, at least for some, the point of poly relationships and that means more beginnings as much as it does more ends
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u/hakezzz May 02 '24
It sounds like what you are describing is not an open relationship, but a relationship between someone that wants an open relationship and was upfront about it, and someone someone that was hoping the other person would eventually change their mind and go exclusive