Photo-Illustration: James Gallagher This week, a woman navigates an open marriage, turns down sex with a married man, and fights with her movie producer husband: 38, married, Downtown Brooklyn.7:00 a.m. My daughter wakes up and crawls in with me on the couch. My husband is in our bedroom. We had a fight last night. My daughter is only three so she thinks nothing of this.9:00 a.m. I love these few early hours at work. I sit at my computer and get shit done.
7:00 p.m. Every night I try to figure out how to work out in the gym in our building, but then every night it becomes impossible. I love being a mom, but there really isn’t one single moment of free time. 6:00 p.m. My husband is taking care of our daughter tonight so I can go to a work event. I love getting dressed up and hanging out in the city. It’s been fun keeping my eyes open for potential sex partners too… though it’s usually slim pickings. I’m glad I’m not single.
7:00 p.m. It was a long, long work day. I can’t wait to come home to my daughter and my husband and hopefully a good dinner. 9:00 a.m. We’re both taking the day off work and pulling my daughter from preschool to go see friends in Philadelphia. I have an ex-boyfriend who lives out there and my goal is to see him somehow. He’s divorced and looking good on Facebook. I DM him that I’ll be in town and would love to hang out, but for all he knows I’m just a married mom now. Let’s see if he bites …
That woman is a mess and she doesn’t have the foggiest idea she is
Idk. Open relationships work when both partners follow the rules... this woman is about to break the big one. That wasn’t sexy, just a giant bummer.
Oh, I don’t know. That was just gross to read.