After 4 years and 3 kids, wife asks for open relationship
A husband says his wife, who slept with a longtime friend, now wants an open relationship — but he says he’s not polyamorous.
DEAR ABBY: My wife and I have been married for four years. When we got married, we were both monogamous. We wanted kids and a classic nuclear family, and our interests and political beliefs were similar. We had three kids in 15 months and received no help from anyone.
I wasn’t the perfect husband. I sought out other women via online dating sites, though I never cheated. Toward the end of our fourth year of marriage, my wife slept with another man who has been a friend of hers since she was younger.