I got home and told K about what happened. It was really difficult but he said he is willing to work through this with me and I am very glad I was honest instead of hiding this. Thank you for your advice/guidance.

Thinking about it, a lot of issues I deal with seem to be tied to accountability and impulse control, so this is a thread I should definitely pursue further. I'm definitely going to seek out a therapist who can help me with this. I've been in therapy for other issues in the past, but the person I've...

So, what I'm seeing here is a combination of things. I for sure see you passively agreeing to monogamy when that clearly doesn't work for you, and when it isn't what you want (I'd say not wanting nonmonogamy while literally, physically with one partner is pretty typical, and not an indication monog...

Hi Heather, Thanks for your response. I think that monogamy is not for me, but I've never really had the chance to try non-monogamous relationships, so even though I've read all the posts on how to do that, it all feels much more difficult and scary in person, and I end up in monogamy by default. I ...

This is going to be a long post because I've gotten myself into a complicated situation: I am currently in a relationship with someone, I'll call him K. K and I have been dating for almost 4 months. When we began dating, I mentioned that I wasn't entirely comfortable with monogamous relationships. I...