Guardian columnist says threesomes can work

In last Thursday’s Guardian, Pamela Stephenson Connolly responds to a man whose male lover says he is interested in involving another man in their life and who is afraid it could cause problems in their relationship. I’m quite impressed with the column (here). She says: “Threesomes (whether purely sexual or otherwise) can work, but the setting [...]

Terminology: monogamous, partner, infidelity

Monogamous I am using the word ‘monogamous’ in this blog to mean ‘having sex with only one person over a period of time’. A person who is monogamous is someone who, over the course of, say, a year, has sex with only one person. I will usually mean ‘sexually monogamous’, that is, if someone has [...]

A new blog

Welcome to the new Open Fidelity blog. I am writing it as a response to the common assumption that you either have to be completely monogamous, or celibate, or cheat on your partner. Monogamy is difficult, and cheating is dishonest; so is there an alternative that doesn’t involve celibacy? In mainstream British society nearly 21st [...]