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In Open, Block paints a down to earth picture of how an open marriage can work, and specifically why it works for her and her husband. In dissecting other people’s strong reactions to her choice, she explores the question of why cheating is more socially acceptable than open marriage. In part, she concludes, the lack of models for successful functional open marriages is such that the general public is not yet equipped to handle treating it as anything other than abnormal.

Open challenges our notions of what traditional marriage looks like, and presents one woman’s journey down an uncertain path that ultimately proves that open marriage is a viable option, and one that’s in fact better for some couples than conventional marriage.</div>]]> 3070606 2 3101620 1 6 2008 Open: Love, Sex, and Life in an Open Marriage total:64|5:15|4:18|3:25|2:5|1:1| 64 233 163 26 1314903 3.64 64 26 26112094 1066763 3070606 158005241X 9781580052412 26 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3070606.Open_Love_Sex_and_Life_in_an_Open_Marriage 3.65 63
In Open, Block paints a down to earth picture of how an open marriage can work, and specifically why it works for her and her husband. In dissecting other people’s strong reactions to her choice, she explores the question of why cheating is more socially acceptable than open marriage. In part, she concludes, the lack of models for successful functional open marriages is such that the general public is not yet equipped to handle treating it as anything other than abnormal.

Open challenges our notions of what traditional marriage looks like, and presents one woman’s journey down an uncertain path that ultimately proves that open marriage is a viable option, and one that’s in fact better for some couples than conventional marriage.</div>]]> 2008 4 3 false Mon Dec 15 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jul 02 08:25:23 -0700 2008 Thu Dec 18 16:05:15 -0800 2008 more...]]> 23851798 329905 3070606 158005241X 9781580052412 26 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3070606.Open_Love_Sex_and_Life_in_an_Open_Marriage 3.64 64
In Open, Block paints a down to earth picture of how an open marriage can work, and specifically why it works for her and her husband. In dissecting other people’s strong reactions to her choice, she explores the question of why cheating is more socially acceptable than open marriage. In part, she concludes, the lack of models for successful functional open marriages is such that the general public is not yet equipped to handle treating it as anything other than abnormal.

Open challenges our notions of what traditional marriage looks like, and presents one woman’s journey down an uncertain path that ultimately proves that open marriage is a viable option, and one that’s in fact better for some couples than conventional marriage.</div>]]> 2008 5 1 false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 06 08:31:46 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 06 08:31:46 -0700 2008 more...]]> 79306239 224620 3070606 158005241X 9781580052412 26 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3070606.Open_Love_Sex_and_Life_in_an_Open_Marriage 3.64 64
In Open, Block paints a down to earth picture of how an open marriage can work, and specifically why it works for her and her husband. In dissecting other people’s strong reactions to her choice, she explores the question of why cheating is more socially acceptable than open marriage. In part, she concludes, the lack of models for successful functional open marriages is such that the general public is not yet equipped to handle treating it as anything other than abnormal.

Open challenges our notions of what traditional marriage looks like, and presents one woman’s journey down an uncertain path that ultimately proves that open marriage is a viable option, and one that’s in fact better for some couples than conventional marriage.</div>]]> 2008 5 0 false Fri Oct 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 29 12:08:42 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 29 12:10:37 -0800 2009
Open relationships do not always start out that way, as Jenny Block explains. I first read Jenny’s article on Your Tango and discovered that she’s the author of Open, her memoir which focuses on the evolution...more...]]> 78127753 1178739 3070606 158005241X 9781580052412 26 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3070606.Open_Love_Sex_and_Life_in_an_Open_Marriage 3.64 64
In Open, Block paints a down to earth picture of how an open marriage can work, and specifically why it works for her and her husband. In dissecting other people’s strong reactions to her choice, she explores the question of why cheating is more socially acceptable than open marriage. In part, she concludes, the lack of models for successful functional open marriages is such that the general public is not yet equipped to handle treating it as anything other than abnormal.

Open challenges our notions of what traditional marriage looks like, and presents one woman’s journey down an uncertain path that ultimately proves that open marriage is a viable option, and one that’s in fact better for some couples than conventional marriage.</div>]]> 2008 4 0 false Sun Nov 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 15:42:28 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 15:48:15 -0800 2009
B...more...]]> 42105464 173153 3070606 158005241X 9781580052412 26 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3070606.Open_Love_Sex_and_Life_in_an_Open_Marriage 3.64 64
In Open, Block paints a down to earth picture of how an open marriage can work, and specifically why it works for her and her husband. In dissecting other people’s strong reactions to her choice, she explores the question of why cheating is more socially acceptable than open marriage. In part, she concludes, the lack of models for successful functional open marriages is such that the general public is not yet equipped to handle treating it as anything other than abnormal.

Open challenges our notions of what traditional marriage looks like, and presents one woman’s journey down an uncertain path that ultimately proves that open marriage is a viable option, and one that’s in fact better for some couples than conventional marriage.</div>]]> 2008 4 0 false Tue Jan 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 10:42:53 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 10:47:39 -0800 2009 more...]]> 43177847 126153 3070606 158005241X 9781580052412 26 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3070606.Open_Love_Sex_and_Life_in_an_Open_Marriage 3.64 64
In Open, Block paints a down to earth picture of how an open marriage can work, and specifically why it works for her and her husband. In dissecting other people’s strong reactions to her choice, she explores the question of why cheating is more socially acceptable than open marriage. In part, she concludes, the lack of models for successful functional open marriages is such that the general public is not yet equipped to handle treating it as anything other than abnormal.

Open challenges our notions of what traditional marriage looks like, and presents one woman’s journey down an uncertain path that ultimately proves that open marriage is a viable option, and one that’s in fact better for some couples than conventional marriage.</div>]]> 2008 3 0 false Sun Apr 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jan 15 16:19:06 -0800 2009 Sun Apr 19 22:05:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 27392068 160881 3070606 158005241X 9781580052412 26 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3070606.Open_Love_Sex_and_Life_in_an_Open_Marriage 3.64 64
In Open, Block paints a down to earth picture of how an open marriage can work, and specifically why it works for her and her husband. In dissecting other people’s strong reactions to her choice, she explores the question of why cheating is more socially acceptable than open marriage. In part, she concludes, the lack of models for successful functional open marriages is such that the general public is not yet equipped to handle treating it as anything other than abnormal.

Open challenges our notions of what traditional marriage looks like, and presents one woman’s journey down an uncertain path that ultimately proves that open marriage is a viable option, and one that’s in fact better for some couples than conventional marriage.</div>]]> 2008 4 0 false Tue Jul 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 15 22:58:11 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 15 23:23:27 -0700 2008 more...]]> 73924372 1355037 3070606 158005241X 9781580052412 26 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3070606.Open_Love_Sex_and_Life_in_an_Open_Marriage 3.64 64
In Open, Block paints a down to earth picture of how an open marriage can work, and specifically why it works for her and her husband. In dissecting other people’s strong reactions to her choice, she explores the question of why cheating is more socially acceptable than open marriage. In part, she concludes, the lack of models for successful functional open marriages is such that the general public is not yet equipped to handle treating it as anything other than abnormal.

Open challenges our notions of what traditional marriage looks like, and presents one woman’s journey down an uncertain path that ultimately proves that open marriage is a viable option, and one that’s in fact better for some couples than conventional marriage.</div>]]> 2008 0 0 false Thu Oct 08 19:31:11 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 19:37:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 63387849 581327 3070606 158005241X 9781580052412 26 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3070606.Open_Love_Sex_and_Life_in_an_Open_Marriage 3.64 64
In Open, Block paints a down to earth picture of how an open marriage can work, and specifically why it works for her and her husband. In dissecting other people’s strong reactions to her choice, she explores the question of why cheating is more socially acceptable than open marriage. In part, she concludes, the lack of models for successful functional open marriages is such that the general public is not yet equipped to handle treating it as anything other than abnormal.

Open challenges our notions of what traditional marriage looks like, and presents one woman’s journey down an uncertain path that ultimately proves that open marriage is a viable option, and one that’s in fact better for some couples than conventional marriage.</div>]]> 2008 3 0 false Sun Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 21:49:40 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 22:45:12 -0700 2009
I enjoyed the 'I'm not alone' component of another bi woman married to a man. I...more...]]> 46051530 1776702 3070606 158005241X 9781580052412 26 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3070606.Open_Love_Sex_and_Life_in_an_Open_Marriage 3.64 64
In Open, Block paints a down to earth picture of how an open marriage can work, and specifically why it works for her and her husband. In dissecting other people’s strong reactions to her choice, she explores the question of why cheating is more socially acceptable than open marriage. In part, she concludes, the lack of models for successful functional open marriages is such that the general public is not yet equipped to handle treating it as anything other than abnormal.

Open challenges our notions of what traditional marriage looks like, and presents one woman’s journey down an uncertain path that ultimately proves that open marriage is a viable option, and one that’s in fact better for some couples than conventional marriage.</div>]]> 2008 5 0 false Wed Feb 11 12:10:35 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 07 18:27:18 -0800 2009 more...]]> 48803155 900424 3070606 158005241X 9781580052412 26 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3070606.Open_Love_Sex_and_Life_in_an_Open_Marriage 3.64 64
In Open, Block paints a down to earth picture of how an open marriage can work, and specifically why it works for her and her husband. In dissecting other people’s strong reactions to her choice, she explores the question of why cheating is more socially acceptable than open marriage. In part, she concludes, the lack of models for successful functional open marriages is such that the general public is not yet equipped to handle treating it as anything other than abnormal.

Open challenges our notions of what traditional marriage looks like, and presents one woman’s journey down an uncertain path that ultimately proves that open marriage is a viable option, and one that’s in fact better for some couples than conventional marriage.</div>]]> 2008 3 0 false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 10 09:16:26 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 09:18:46 -0700 2009 I felt 'duh' when she tried to be didactic, but as a memoir it's a lovely account of how communication and embracing desires can enhance a marriage. It's an excellent gateway book. ...more...]]> 38457445 1744033 3070606 158005241X 9781580052412 26 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3070606.Open_Love_Sex_and_Life_in_an_Open_Marriage 3.64 64
In Open, Block paints a down to earth picture of how an open marriage can work, and specifically why it works for her and her husband. In dissecting other people’s strong reactions to her choice, she explores the question of why cheating is more socially acceptable than open marriage. In part, she concludes, the lack of models for successful functional open marriages is such that the general public is not yet equipped to handle treating it as anything other than abnormal.

Open challenges our notions of what traditional marriage looks like, and presents one woman’s journey down an uncertain path that ultimately proves that open marriage is a viable option, and one that’s in fact better for some couples than conventional marriage.</div>]]> 2008 5 0 false Sun Nov 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 10:52:15 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 17:25:03 -0800 2008 Once, but will read it sevearl more times with a highlighter. more...]]> 73661617 287274 3070606 158005241X 9781580052412 26 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3070606.Open_Love_Sex_and_Life_in_an_Open_Marriage 3.64 64
In Open, Block paints a down to earth picture of how an open marriage can work, and specifically why it works for her and her husband. In dissecting other people’s strong reactions to her choice, she explores the question of why cheating is more socially acceptable than open marriage. In part, she concludes, the lack of models for successful functional open marriages is such that the general public is not yet equipped to handle treating it as anything other than abnormal.

Open challenges our notions of what traditional marriage looks like, and presents one woman’s journey down an uncertain path that ultimately proves that open marriage is a viable option, and one that’s in fact better for some couples than conventional marriage.</div>]]> 2008 3 0 false Tue Oct 06 14:26:05 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 14:51:31 -0700 2009 39198646 588813 3070606 158005241X 9781580052412 26 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3070606.Open_Love_Sex_and_Life_in_an_Open_Marriage 3.64 64
In Open, Block paints a down to earth picture of how an open marriage can work, and specifically why it works for her and her husband. In dissecting other people’s strong reactions to her choice, she explores the question of why cheating is more socially acceptable than open marriage. In part, she concludes, the lack of models for successful functional open marriages is such that the general public is not yet equipped to handle treating it as anything other than abnormal.

Open challenges our notions of what traditional marriage looks like, and presents one woman’s journey down an uncertain path that ultimately proves that open marriage is a viable option, and one that’s in fact better for some couples than conventional marriage.</div>]]> 2008 4 0 false Fri Dec 05 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 03 09:46:40 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 11 16:13:14 -0800 2008 30901257 72257 3070606 158005241X 9781580052412 26 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3070606.Open_Love_Sex_and_Life_in_an_Open_Marriage 3.64 64
In Open, Block paints a down to earth picture of how an open marriage can work, and specifically why it works for her and her husband. In dissecting other people’s strong reactions to her choice, she explores the question of why cheating is more socially acceptable than open marriage. In part, she concludes, the lack of models for successful functional open marriages is such that the general public is not yet equipped to handle treating it as anything other than abnormal.

Open challenges our notions of what traditional marriage looks like, and presents one woman’s journey down an uncertain path that ultimately proves that open marriage is a viable option, and one that’s in fact better for some couples than conventional marriage.</div>]]> 2008 0 1 false Fri Aug 22 09:51:04 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 22 09:51:04 -0700 2008
Except I didn't really understand what her husband and she were giving to one another exactly except financial support. It...more...]]> 38714964 281563 3070606 158005241X 9781580052412 26 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3070606.Open_Love_Sex_and_Life_in_an_Open_Marriage 3.64 64
In Open, Block paints a down to earth picture of how an open marriage can work, and specifically why it works for her and her husband. In dissecting other people’s strong reactions to her choice, she explores the question of why cheating is more socially acceptable than open marriage. In part, she concludes, the lack of models for successful functional open marriages is such that the general public is not yet equipped to handle treating it as anything other than abnormal.

Open challenges our notions of what traditional marriage looks like, and presents one woman’s journey down an uncertain path that ultimately proves that open marriage is a viable option, and one that’s in fact better for some couples than conventional marriage.</div>]]> 2008 0 0 false Wed Nov 26 15:28:52 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 15:29:34 -0800 2008 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jenny-bloc...]]> 32264474 67815 3070606 158005241X 9781580052412 26 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3070606.Open_Love_Sex_and_Life_in_an_Open_Marriage 3.64 64
In Open, Block paints a down to earth picture of how an open marriage can work, and specifically why it works for her and her husband. In dissecting other people’s strong reactions to her choice, she explores the question of why cheating is more socially acceptable than open marriage. In part, she concludes, the lack of models for successful functional open marriages is such that the general public is not yet equipped to handle treating it as anything other than abnormal.

Open challenges our notions of what traditional marriage looks like, and presents one woman’s journey down an uncertain path that ultimately proves that open marriage is a viable option, and one that’s in fact better for some couples than conventional marriage.</div>]]> 2008 5 0 false Sun Sep 07 12:57:54 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 07 13:00:39 -0700 2008 more...]]> 76039228 1806473 3070606 158005241X 9781580052412 26 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3070606.Open_Love_Sex_and_Life_in_an_Open_Marriage 3.64 64
In Open, Block paints a down to earth picture of how an open marriage can work, and specifically why it works for her and her husband. In dissecting other people’s strong reactions to her choice, she explores the question of why cheating is more socially acceptable than open marriage. In part, she concludes, the lack of models for successful functional open marriages is such that the general public is not yet equipped to handle treating it as anything other than abnormal.

Open challenges our notions of what traditional marriage looks like, and presents one woman’s journey down an uncertain path that ultimately proves that open marriage is a viable option, and one that’s in fact better for some couples than conventional marriage.</div>]]> 2008 0 0 false Thu Oct 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 14:07:32 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 14:10:32 -0700 2009 47322618 1448570 3070606 158005241X 9781580052412 26 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3070606.Open_Love_Sex_and_Life_in_an_Open_Marriage 3.64 64
In Open, Block paints a down to earth picture of how an open marriage can work, and specifically why it works for her and her husband. In dissecting other people’s strong reactions to her choice, she explores the question of why cheating is more socially acceptable than open marriage. In part, she concludes, the lack of models for successful functional open marriages is such that the general public is not yet equipped to handle treating it as anything other than abnormal.

Open challenges our notions of what traditional marriage looks like, and presents one woman’s journey down an uncertain path that ultimately proves that open marriage is a viable option, and one that’s in fact better for some couples than conventional marriage.</div>]]> 2008 5 0 false Mon Feb 23 18:47:27 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 18:47:45 -0800 2009 52823876 190886 3070606 158005241X 9781580052412 26 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3070606.Open_Love_Sex_and_Life_in_an_Open_Marriage 3.64 64
In Open, Block paints a down to earth picture of how an open marriage can work, and specifically why it works for her and her husband. In dissecting other people’s strong reactions to her choice, she explores the question of why cheating is more socially acceptable than open marriage. In part, she concludes, the lack of models for successful functional open marriages is such that the general public is not yet equipped to handle treating it as anything other than abnormal.

Open challenges our notions of what traditional marriage looks like, and presents one woman’s journey down an uncertain path that ultimately proves that open marriage is a viable option, and one that’s in fact better for some couples than conventional marriage.</div>]]> 2008 4 0 false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 16:09:04 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 16:09:04 -0700 2009 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3070606