You're so welcome. Thank you for being so open about your situation and how reading this makes you feel. Means a lot to me. I have heard similar feelings expressed by other monogamous married people, I'm sure you know you're not alone in that.

Brooke and I have been talking about what it might look like if and when we do have kids to keep our relationship open, and it's pretty much assumed at this point that we would. Village-style family models appeal a lot to me, and I wish I had more contact with healthy living examples. As someone who has not become a parent yet, I know I have absolutely no clue what that will actually be like. Important topic, one I'll definitely write about in this series, as another source of inspiration was the book Sex at Dawn, where I read about cultures where monogamy and atomic family structures were not the norm.

Some friends are making a documentary about Tamera, a community in Portugal that has been around for 22 years and supports open relationships in the context of a broader loving community. Lots to read on their website too, if you like: https://www.tamera.org/index.html