Title: Open relationship - Wikipedia
Headings: Open relationship
Open relationship
Contents
Types
Swinging
Open marriage
Polyamory
Prevalence
Reward vs. risk
Reasons for entering an open relationship
Reasons for avoiding an open relationship
Sexually transmitted infection
Successful open relationships
Boundaries
Time management
Research on open marriages
Positive outcomes
Neutral outcomes
Negative outcomes
See also
References
Further reading

Content: These include: liking another person but not wanting to end the old relationship
being non-monogamous by nature (i.e. born that way)
a difference emerging between two people in a relationship
one partner realizing that they are unable to fulfill the other's needs
varying sex drive between partners
one or both partners desiring more freedom, companionship, intellectual variety, a variety of sexual partners, getting ahead career-wise or maintaining relationships
a need for challenge: some people feel that their relationship is inadequate unless they are being challenged. Open relationships may create a sense of jealousy, attachment, or possessiveness, all of which are challenges for a relationship to work through. These emotions can also lead to greater self-awareness which may be seen as satisfying to those in open relationships. the enjoyment of new relationship energy, the state of heightened emotional and sexual receptivity and excitement experienced during the formation of a new physical relationship
being able to meet other couples and individuals with a similar outlook with whom the participants can connect with on an intellectual and emotional level
being in a relationship of convenience, that is, one that is not primarily based on mutual feeling of love towards each other (anymore), but rather on economic or social factors (e.g.: the traditional practice of polyandry in rural Tibet)
distance – when partners live in separate parts of the world for part or all of the time
sex may be more pleasing, and the participants may engage in it more frequently than those in an average couple
“It has been proposed that men (both gay and straight), in contrast to women, are able to cognitively separate sex from emotions (or love) in a process commonly termed compartmentalization. " This means it is not unusual for homosexual men to have open relationships, which means breaking the ‘norm’ of a committed and ‘typical’ heterosexual relationship. That is not to suggest that open relationships do not work; research has shown comparable relationship satisfaction for both monogamous and non-monogamous couples.