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As a therapist I’ve worked with polyamorous couples and every marriage situation one can imagine, so I was interested in this memoir being hailed as one of the best memoirs of 2024��. I personally could never consent to an open relationship but I am all for supporting what works for someone else. After reading this book I really don’t think the open marriage concept is working for the author though��
This book was supposed to be a memoir of a woman exploring the concept of an open marriage but it really came off as a woman being gaslit and forced into something she was uncomfortable with because her husband wanted his fantasies, needs and desires met. There were so many cringy moments where the wife tried to tell her husband she wasn’t enjoying this and he really didn’t care as long as he was able to continue seeing other women and live out his kink. Later in the book he even had a long term relationship with one woman and was dating her way more than he was dating his wife. Sadly, the situations the wife leaned on to validate how much her husband loved her most just made him look like an emotional abuser- for example when the wife needed him and he was away with his long term girlfriend he just ditched the girlfriend and ran home completely careless of his girlfriend’s feelings because he totally objectifies “other women�� as sex toys for his enjoyment. The husband creeped me out to be honest. I also feel bad for this woman’s kids when their peers read this book. It’s like the author puts her husbands sexual attraction to her above all else in life. Anything to make him happy- even a memoir he can read that details her sex with other men because it gets him off with zero concern about her children’s feelings. Sadly, the love of her children never trumps being desired by her husband. Her free time is spent trying to secure romantic partners for herself and staying out all night. She should have left her kids out of the book completely it.