I hope you enjoyed today’s epic AMA… and that you still have room left for today’s Struggle Session.
A listener thinks I’ve painted too rosy a portrait of open relationships, at least when kids are involved. It’s a heartbreaking letter, and I hope it’s not representative of parents in open relationships. But I think this reader/listener has an important perspective to share…
I’m responding to the women at the top of the show asking about having an open marriage when you have children. I’m a kid of an open marriage. I thought I would share my story because I’ve been listening for a while now and I haven’t heard my experience shared before. Where to start… my childhood was hell. Lots of different factors were at play but some factors that are relevant here are that my parents kept it from me. I would walk in or witness either my mum or dad in bed or in the act with other people. I would then be taken aside and...