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We use applications. We ask friends to prepare ourselves. We discuss this person through the bar. Beinglooking for "the one" usually means getting there enough often. But what happens if the person with whom you end up with we arrive in search of "a few?" In fact, according to new research, chances are quite high thatYour partner wants an open relationship. A study of the famous Kinsey Institute of Indiana University found thatone in three people in fantastic monogamous relationships aboutBe with another person In addition to their spouse.

In the new study, which was published in the journalSexual behavior archives, 822 adults who reported being in a monogamous relationship wereasked to describe their favorite sexual fantasy, Psypost reports. The results showed that 33% of respondents said that their "preferred sexual fantasy of all times" involved in a sexually open relationship of any kind. In addition to this, 80% of the study participants who listed an open relationship as their ultimate fantasy reported to intend to make this fantasy a reality at some point in the future.

The results also showed that there was a demographic falsity among those who reported beingInterested in open relationships: People identified as men or non-binary were more likely to be interested in open relationships than those identified as women. Respondents also tend to be slightly older and non-heterosexual.

In addition to the results of the Kinsey Institute study, there are other evidence that the interest of open partnerships, called non-monogamous consensual relations (NPC), were on the rise. "Searching for polyamory and open relationships have increased on the Internet search engines over the last decade", author of the studyJustin J. Lehmiller writing. "The books and guides" of how NAMRs have begun to proliferate and increases have taken place in the representations and coverage of popular media in traditional outlets. "

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Other studies have also shown thatOpen relationships can be more popular that you do not think. A Canadian 2019 study published in theThe Journal of Sex Research and 2018 research at Temple Universitythe two found only four percent ofRespondents reported being in a NCMR-Who means one of two couples on 25,Psychology today reports. Canadian researchers have even concluded that "only a small proportion of the population isinvolved in open relationshipsBut the interest has increased. "Open" seems to be a viable and important type of relationship. "

But the question remains: does this arrangement work? Well, a 2018 study published in theSocial and Personal Relations Journal found that "despite [the lifestyle] attracting the stigma"Couples in open relationships Reported to be as happy as those who are strictly monogamous. "It resigned social views of monogamy as the structure of the ideal relationship", Main AuthorJessica Wood, PhD, says in a statement. "It's more common than most people think." And for more things about how it actually works in practice,I am married but in an open relationship. That's what it's like.