Five open marriages myths that you must stop believing: 1. Open marriages are all about intimacy More than anything, open marriages are about honesty and communication. Many polyamorous couples, like blogger Jenny Block and her husband, struggled more with secret affairs than with extramarital activity itself. In her article “Open Marriage Is Not A Fad,”…
As the podcast She Wants More suggests, affairs are in the air these days. Or so it seems to Jo Piazza, who feels like she’s been hearing more and more female friends opening up about their extramarital adventures in everyday conversation. “I mean, I’m hearing about it at school drop-offs and on the playground,” she…
Welcome to the reality of infidelity. A recently published study in the journal Archives of Sexual Behavior reveals that individuals who engage in extramarital affairs often find these affairs highly fulfilling and experience little guilt. Furthermore, they believe that their infidelity has not negatively impacted their otherwise healthy marriages, according to the study. The extensive…
A ‘happily married’ dad in his 30s says having regular affairs has been the secret to his successful relationship – and he’s been doing so for the past seven years. Nate has had five affairs since tying the knot with his wife because his sex life at home is ‘too vanilla’ and he’s sick of…
As we celebrate Women’s History Month, it turns out that women are having grey affairs and are more sexually liberated than ever before – and that, perhaps surprisingly, older women are leading the revolution. New York-based author and relationship expert Susan Shapiro Barash has been researching extramarital affairs for more than three decades, releasing a…
A study that surveyed 2,000 people has revealed what is the most popular month in the year for having an affair. Affairs happen for a range of reasons — some justified, some not — but who knew that the time of year could be encouraging people to step outside of their traditional marriages? While there…
