He And His Wife Opened Up Their Marriage About Two Months Ago, But He Now Feels Seriously Neglected
Ever since this 20-year-old guy and his 20-year-old wife first started seeing each other, they have discussed the possibility of having an open relationship and dating other people.
According to him, they only considered that arrangement since they’re so young and do not want to have any regrets when they’re older about missing out on experiences.
Nowadays they have since welcomed two children into the world, and his wife is a stay-at-home mom who watches the kids; meanwhile, he is in the military.
However, he started to notice rising tensions in their marriage.
“Due to my wife’s extremely toxic jealousy over anything she could start an argument over,” he said.
He claimed to have tried expressing his concerns about his wife’s jealousy, too.
And eventually, after hearing him out about two months ago, his wife decided to go through with their initial idea and open up their marriage with the hope that she would “learn not to be so jealous.”
Then, he wound up agreeing with that plan since he also missed having “spontaneous hookups” and simply going out on dates.
Afterward, he and his wife came up with a set of guidelines– which he has been following for the past two months. However, he revealed how his wife had broken some of the rules.
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Apparently, the rules that she broke were not “too important.” For instance, she arrived home late a few times or added another person on social media without consulting him first.
However, his wife recently crossed a different line that has been making him regret this entire arrangement. He thinks that his wife has been giving him no attention, and he feels seriously neglected.
“I’m finding myself in my office for hours playing video games and planning or budgeting on my computer,” he revealed.
He has also tried to talk to his wife about his worry that their open marriage is not helping with their stress or arguments.
In fact, he admitted how the only way he ever gets any attention from his wife is when they are arguing.
Otherwise, he is just the one asking to have conversations, go on dates, hug each other, kiss each other, and simply be close.
So, he only gets kissed “maybe” twice a day; meanwhile, his wife went out on two different dates within three days.
At the same time, he was at home– watching the kids– and the only time he got to spend with her was watching half of a movie.
“The children aren’t being neglected, but I sure am,” he explained.
“I am constantly having to go back to my hole– my office– and just be by myself because I can’t stand to be around her while she just hunches over her phone texting other people on dating apps, making plans, but won’t talk to me.”
Then, whenever he asks his wife to just have a conversation, it always results in an argument.
So, now that his open marriage has seriously backfired, he’s been left wondering what to do.
Was opening up their marriage the right idea when their relationship was already in trouble? Do you think there is any way he and his wife can save it? What advice would you give him in this situation?
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