
Opening Up: A Guide To Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships

One thing I have learned is to be continually assessing my life and the relationships I have created. Do I like them? Am I happy? Is this working? Is it what I want? To be in the process of my life with people and deciding together what makes sense.
Tristan Taormino • Opening Up: A Guide To Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships
Pandora’s box, but until you realize why you’re jealous you will not be able to resolve the issues causing the feeling.
Tristan Taormino • Opening Up: A Guide To Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships
I find myself asking myself, when I’m feeling jealous, Do I have such little faith in myself and my value as a person that I think I could be so easily replaced? Again, it comes around to forcing myself to take care of myself. When I solidly believe in my worth as a person, there is room for others in my partners’ lives.
Tristan Taormino • Opening Up: A Guide To Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships
Digging around can open a
Tristan Taormino • Opening Up: A Guide To Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships
I trust my spouse completely, so I really don’t experience these feelings.
Tristan Taormino • Opening Up: A Guide To Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships
The Myth of Monogamy, David P.
Tristan Taormino • Opening Up: A Guide To Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships
time and energy they dedicate to the relationship, and each partner’s actions reflect these priorities. No one feels taken advantage of.
Tristan Taormino • Opening Up: A Guide To Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships
“We have put a lot of work into our relationship through constant communication, and because of that we are able to open up to others. I love having my foundation. I love that I have found someone who can be my friend, lover, partner, fuck buddy, BDSM partner at any given time and still be polyamorous.”
Tristan Taormino • Opening Up: A Guide To Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships
The more clear you become about who you are, what you want, and what makes you tick emotionally, the better a relationship partner you will be.