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Really interesting and juicy and fun look at an open marriage.

A fascinating look into another's marriage. The whole multi-relationship prospect seems exhausting to me; both physically and emotionally. But I get the different partners feeding different facets of a person. I like my alone time more 😁 My favorite part of the book was Molly's mother, Mary--love her!

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While the grand naps, the Nanma reads 😁

I grew up in the 60‘s and lived in a commune in the 70‘s, so I‘m not a prude. I spent time in my 40‘s wishing I could expand my marriage…but mostly I just wanted a relationship in which I could have my own little room to retreat to. This woman (and her husband) decided to open up their marriage and each of them became involved with other partners. I had a few problems with this because a) they must be independently wealthy and quite privileged 🔽

This was like a train wreck that I just couldn't look away! Yikes.

I started reading this book and being very judgemental. Yes, the author can be very annoying and exhausting, and I felt that at the beginning she was just trying to please her husband and the partners she encountered along the way.

But I‘m glad I read it. It gave me a new perspective about an alternative lifestyle, how messy it can get, and how communication and both main partners not forgetting that their family comes first can make this work.

Library hold came in and I abandoned all my other books…

⭐️⭐️⭐️ How could this possibly go wrong? Blaming a trusted book friend for this one. 😂 Memoir is one of my favorite genres because learning about others‘ lives is fascinating and helps us better understand other humans. This was quite out of my wheelhouse, but I don‘t regret it. I did, however, want more on how this arrangement affected the children. Beyond cringy at times, but I‘m trying very hard not to judge. It‘s difficult.

I didn‘t start this today (started yesterday) but it is making for interesting Valentine‘s Day reading for sure. Also, I chose not to take it to my PT appointment today because I took a steamy romance on Monday for my initial visit and I didn‘t want my paired reading to make my Dr. uncomfortable. LOL!

#audiorun views today on the East River. Just started this audiobook and the subject matter is shocking and fascinating, as advertised. But I‘m finding the main thing I can‘t get over so far is the fact that this woman ate an enormous, messy corn muffin during her first therapy session and had to be asked not to bring food to future sessions because she got crumbs everywhere. Truly psychotic behavior 😆

I have mixed feelings about this audiobook. I‘m grateful that the author has written about her open marriage, a practice which is still a bit taboo and many people choose not to speak about openly. I can see why, as Winter and her husband have sons who are made aware of their parents‘ arrangement. Deep issues are brushed aside for a more soap-opera feeling confessional, which I must admit kept me listening! Unexamined privilege abounds.

Bedtime reading. And I swear that is not a pun. It‘s just me, my lovely bride, our dog, and two cats. Good-night, my friends. @DoubledayBooks

I‘m old enough that I‘ve had several (perhaps many) conversations with friends and family about marital affairs. I hold no judgment because every situation has its own story. However, I‘ve never been in conversation about open marriage and found this memoir (read by the author) fascinating. I think the reason for this is she never paints anyone (including her husband) as having shady intentions. Her mom‘s support is interesting, too. ⬇️