My partner wants to open our relationship and I'm trying to be open-minded but I'm terrified and we keep having the same circular conversations where they feel constrained and I feel like I'm not enough. We both want to honor what the other person needs but we're stuck because what we each need feels fundamentally incompatible and we don't know if love is enough to bridge this gap.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two people are discovering that love alone cannot resolve every difference, and that some negotiations require grieving the relationship you thought you had while building the one you might actually have.
“Where Are You with Sexual Desire and Sexuality in Relationship?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.