My partner wants to explore opening our relationship physically and I'm theoretically open but terrified about the actual reality of it, and we keep having these discussions where we're both trying to be sex-positive and evolved but I don't think either of us is being honest about our fears.
More people experience this than they realize.
Intellectual agreement about non-monogamy conflicts with unspoken emotional fears and assumptions about what the other person really wants.
“Where Are You with Sexual health — the physical dimension?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.