I'm glad you guys seem like you got it under control. Your a far cry more advanced than myself. I wouldn't be able to do what your doing, probably due to my own selfishness or neediness. Mind if I pick your brain on the matter? Just curious to know the emotional ins and outs of this sort of arrangement. Only because I think I'm too jealous of a person at this point in my life to ever consider it. Do you feel any sort of jealousy at the thought of him with someone else? Does he when he thinks about you? I know you may come back and say "To us it isn't like that" or something to that effect. But I'm more interested in the why. I'm sure this is way more than your willing to share but I thought I should ask anyway. I understand on an intellectual level that sex is just physics enjoyment and it can be separated from the emotional so you can have sex with one but love another. I'm actually going to therapy because of my inability to separate the two I think. I understand the concept but can't make it stick in practice. Not that me and the mrs are trying, but I'm sure one day we will want to spice things up and I want to be mentally prepared for that eventuality. Self progression is a bitch.
Sorry if this derailed the thread at all. =[
Threads take on a life of their own. LOL.
Well, we have come to realize that it is far too much pressure to have to be everything to each other. We're just human, and we're not perfect. I'm not sweet, and I don't like watching him play with anal toys. If he can find a friend who can be sweeter (communicates more gently, less bluntly) and wants to fuck him in his ass more, that would be a relief to me. Also, no matter what I do, I would never be able to make up for the fact that he never dated. He can take me on 1,000,000 dates, and never get the life experience that comes from taking 6 other women out on one or two dates each.
Meanwhile, early in our relationship, he was so sexually broken that we never knew what a normal sex life for him would be. Now we do know, and it isn't the same as a normal sex life for me. It is a bit of a relief to him to know that I will finally be sexually satisfied after all these years, and that he doesn't have to be pressured to be someone he just isn't. He knows he's a more than satisfying lover to me, but that I have a much higher drive than his. Normal for him would be twice a week, and a few masturbation sessions alone. Normal for me is closer to eight times a week, daily solo sessions, and a few mutual masturbation sessions. I'm literally starved for sexual contact, and can't take it much longer. Now, I don't have to.
I am jealous of his attention. My jealousy stems from a fear of abandonment. He has promised not to leave me, and I just have to trust he means it. How can I be protected from getting jealous? Well, my boundaries are that he can't move anyone into our home, his guests cannot stay more than a few days (a week, maximum), and if he falls in love with a partner, I would prefer that we move several hundred miles away as soon as possible. A long-distance romance would be fine for me, but anyone too close for too long would have to be eliminated in order for me to feel safe.
We are committed first and foremost to our marriage and to each other. Our feelings are prioritized above our extra partners' feelings; they are relatively expendable if our relationship is ever in trouble.
I have met this amazing guy, and might hang out with him tomorrow. (So excited!) My husband says as long as he feels he is getting enough of my time, and I don't do anything sneaky, he won't feel jealous at all. He says what I have been reading as suppressed jealousy when my new acquaintance calls is just brief disappointment that I'm going to go spend 30 minutes or so away from him. But since I still make sure to spend plenty of time with him, and pay attention to him when he talks about things I have no interest in, he still feels like he is getting enough time and attention. So, he doesn't feel jealous.
Does that answer your question?
EDIT: I forgot to mention that he wants to know what I project will happen beforehand, and wants to know vaguely how far things go on a "date". I may go out tomorrow, as I said, and I project there will be some kissing. I mentioned that, and he said, "Ask him if he has ever had a cold sore, first." Herpes = dealbreaker.