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AnnieOakley (original poster member #13332) posted at 11:00 PM on Saturday, February 13th, 2021
**trigger warning**
A new documentary on HBO where a couple in their 30’s decide to have an open relationship for several months prior to getting married.
From a statement the woman made in the first 5 minutes about their agreed upon rules, I did not like her. I went to Twitter to see what was being said and the poly community (as I expected) and others panned it heavily. I watched it but I think my face was WTF bitch, most of the time.
As a BS, it felt voyeuristic and sad but I did not trigger. I’m a long way from dday though. For others where poly was pushed by the WS, it may be difficult.
Me= BSHim=xWH (did the work & became the man I always thought he was, but it was too late)M=23+,T=27+dday=7/06, 8/09 (pics at a work function), 11/09 VAR, 6/12 Sep'd, 10/14 Divorced."If you are going through hell, keep going."
gmc94 ( member #62810) posted at 11:08 PM on Saturday, February 13th, 2021
I saw an ad for that and thought "dafuq?" Who would want to have an HBO show of their sex life? And who would want to watch it?
I never considered myself a prude, but it seems I probably am by today's standards. Bridgerton is a good example, I enjoyed it, but was irritated at the amount of fairly explicit sex on screen.... e.g., a guy doing oral on his wife in a stairwell strikes me as (a) terribly uncomfortable and (b) terribly unnecessary to move the plot along - what happened to a screen shot of a passionate kiss and cut to the raging fireplace?
I'm becoming an old lady carmudgeon every friggin day....
[This message edited by gmc94 at 5:08 PM, February 13th, 2021 (Saturday)]
M >25yrs/grown kids
DD1 1994 ONS prostitute
DD2 2018 exGF1 10+yrEA & 10yrPA... + exGF2 EA forever & "made out" 2017
9/18 WH hung himself- died but revived
It's rude to say "I love you" with a mouthful of lies
hopefull77 ( member #43221) posted at 1:18 PM on Sunday, February 14th, 2021
I'm with you GMC94 Bridgerton was one big dysfunctional story and then they all live happily ever after
me-BS him-WS
" I will not define myself by what went wrong yesterday when I can draw upon Life and Love right now."
PSTI ( member #53103) posted at 1:59 AM on Tuesday, February 16th, 2021
They are definitely not role models for how to have an open relationship well or ethically.
But since when is reality TV actually a good example of anything?
Me: BW, my xH left me & DS after a 14 year marriage for the AP in 2014.
Happily remarried and in an open/polyamorous relationship. DH (married 5 years) & DBF (dating 4 years). Cohabitating happily all together!! <3
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