It seems as though there has been a lot of chatter in the Loving Wives comments section recently regarding the rarity of swinging and open marriages, and the doomed outcomes of those arrangements. The majority opinion of those who have commented seems to be that open marriages and swinging are not very common, and that couples who engage in such "alternative...
Chapter 01 - Open It Up? It was Sunday evening, Mark and Sandy Arnolds were sitting in their living room reading. Mark could tell from Sandy's fidgety behavior that something was amiss. After twenty-six years of marriage he knew her pretty well. Looking over the top of his book, he asked, "What's bothering you, sweetheart?" Sandy marked her page and clos...
There has been a lot of interesting discussion in the Feedback section of Literotica over the past week regarding swinging and open marriages, thanks in part to a story posted by the author "milfwife", titled An Open Marriage. Rather than add another lengthy comment to that story, I figured I would pen this essay, so that I can share my thoughts with a wider...
July 20 was my thirty-ninth wedding anniversary, why yes, thank you very much it is quite an achievement. People have been asking me the secret of having a marriage that has lasted this long in fact so often I have been pondering an answer. I read a blog in Yahoo News the other day titled 'In Love? It's Not Enough to Keep a Marriage.' This piece is loaded wi...
What is Polyamory? Polyamory means "loving more than one". This love may be sexual, emotional, spiritual, or a combination thereof, according to the desires and agreement of the individuals involved. "Polyamorous" is also used as descriptive term by people who are open to more than one relationship even if they are not currently involved in more than one. I...
As Albert feels compelled to sing: "I am What I am, I am my own special creation, So...... It's my world I that want to have a little pride in, My world that is not a place I have to hide in! Life's not worth a damn til you can say: Hey. World I am what I am. I don't want praise. I DON'T want pity. I bang my own drum, some think it's noise, I think i...
Thanks for taking the time to read this. Based on some of the feedback from my previous submissions, I have included the wife's perspective here. I am not sure if I succeeded and frankly it went against the grain a little. I hope it is well received and invite any and all constructive criticism. I ignore criticism from anonymous posters unless it's pos...
Prelude to The Perfectly Imperfect Marriage: Until Death Do We Part or Divorce. A descriptive definition that contradicts itself, what is perfectly imperfect? We're all perfectly imperfect in one way or another, with some more and some less to some degree than others. No one and nothing is perfect. That's life and that's the problem with being human. We al...
Married and exasperated. "I don't know what went wrong," Gary said slowly. "We're boring." Samantha replied firmly. "We're disconnected. We don't even seem like lovers. We're roommates. Nothing more." Gary hesitated, aware that they were on the brink of divorce. He tried to choose his words carefully - perhaps too carefully, because Gary often let cauti...
Dear Jen, This is probably the most difficult thing I've ever had to write. I'm writing in desperation and because I love you so much. I know that I was the one to suggest an open marriage. I had just had my ego stroked by the redheaded woman you saw me with at the club last night. She made me feel like I was still desirable when she flirted with me last w...