Open: Love, Sex, and Life in an Open Marriage
by Jenny Block (Goodreads author!)
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Read in July, 2008
Before reading this book I knew very little about open relationships. And my view of it was mostly one of disbelief, because how could you let your partner have relationships based on sexual attraction, even love, in addition to your relationship with them?? I honestly have never been able to wrap my head around the concept of an open relationship. After reading Block's book, though, I find that I respect open relationships - even open marriages - as just as valid as anyone's monogamous relation...more
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Read in June, 2008
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Thank you, thank you, thank you Jenny! Unlike another infamous married and questioning Jenny (for all you L Word fans), this Jenny has her head on straight, though her heart may not be so....well....straight. Or narrow. She is a breath of fresh air for anyone who has ever thought, "I really love my partner....but I really want more, more, more!" And it is OK to want more. We are human! We are mammals! We can find love and lust and interest and friendship and desire in so many ways. And...more
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Well, what can you say, sign me up. In some ways this book had a very cold, sociological approach to these topics; but she lays out her case and it all makes sense.
Except I didn't really understand what her husband and she were giving to one another exactly except financial support. It seemed like they were not in love with another. And I just couldn't shake off the feeling that the husband was going to meet someone he was in love with and who was in love with him and who wanted the norma...more
Except I didn't really understand what her husband and she were giving to one another exactly except financial support. It seemed like they were not in love with another. And I just couldn't shake off the feeling that the husband was going to meet someone he was in love with and who was in love with him and who wanted the norma...more
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Read in May, 2008
This was an interesting read. I wondered many times how the author would have felt if either of her lovers took another lover. I would think that she might not feel as comfortable with that. I also find her husband's comment about her body to be disgusting. She carried his child and when she did not regain her perfect figure, he blamed that for his lack of sexual interest. And send her running for the plastic surgeon. That is not a healthy marriage.
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Read in June, 2008
Possibly more useful for women who are not already in open relationships but are curious about how they work than for couples in established open relationships. I also couldn't shake the feeling that I was reading a collection of blog posts.
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Picked it up after seeing it mentioned in Glamour of all places. So far it's pretty interesting, though the author makes some weak cases on occassion.
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