Open Relationship Lessons w/ Whitney Miller | Aubrey Marcus Podcast

My fiance, Whitney Miller, and I have been in an open relationship for the last 5 years. But it didn’t start that way. Whitney is a different woman than when I met her, and she is engaged to a very different man. We owe a lot of that to our open relationship journey. This episode is a special one, taking place after the first time Whitney has experienced stable love with someone else. But, contrary to the popular expectation, she loves me just as much as ever before. We start from the beginning of our love story, with honest recounts of jealousy and challenge, and the inevitable discoveries we have made about agreements, communication, and love itself. Open relationship isn’t for everyone, and we certainly aren’t open relationship ‘advocates’ but most of the lessons are universally applicable and can help strengthen whatever relationship you choose.

Some of the other topics we touch on in this special episode include redefining many commonly accepted definitions of terms that relate to relationships. An example of this would be when the words boyfriend and girlfriend are used in general, that they can mean multiple things, not just one singular boyfriend/girlfriend in any given polyamorous relationship. Furthermore, Whitney talks about data from recent studies of polyamorous families and long distance relationships, and how they affect people with trust issues or issues with honesty. Finally, we also discussed how hormones and insecurity can be a silent killer of a good relationship, just like if communication isn’t great it can also be bad.

Timestamps:
2:05 Defining Open Relationships
7:03 Addressing Gender Role Stereotypes
11:11 Being Monogamous Compared With Being Polyamorous
20:03 Dealing with Insecurities
34:15 How to Handle Long Distance Relationships
41:08 Defining Relationship Boundaries
47:45 Dealing With Trust Issues
55:03 Specific Personal Questions for Aubrey/Whitney

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