{"id":19,"date":"2014-11-25T20:27:41","date_gmt":"2014-11-25T20:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sexbuddyguide.com\/?p=19"},"modified":"2014-11-30T05:08:47","modified_gmt":"2014-11-30T05:08:47","slug":"8-open-relationship-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sexbuddyguide.com\/blog\/8-open-relationship-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Rules to an Open Relationship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-127 size-full\" title=\"8 Rules to an Open Relationship\" src=\"http:\/\/sexbuddyguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/8-Rules-to-an-Open-Relationship.jpg\" alt=\"8 Rules to an Open Relationship\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sexbuddyguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/8-Rules-to-an-Open-Relationship.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sexbuddyguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/8-Rules-to-an-Open-Relationship-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sexbuddyguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/8-Rules-to-an-Open-Relationship-250x187.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>Contrary to popular belief, choosing an open relationship instead of a conventional relationship isn\u2019t a free for all. Yes, you\u2019ll have a lot more freedom, but you\u2019re still going to have to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vogue.com\/872840\/threes-a-crowd-can-an-open-relationship-work-breathless-karley-sciortino-slutever\/\" target=\"_blank\">follow the rules<\/a> that keep the game in play. A lot of people try to do open relationships without rules in place, and that\u2019s exactly why a lot of people fail at open relationships! Memorize these eight rules, and your open relationships will be smooth sailing.<\/p>\n<p><b>1. Never say, \u201cI love you\u201d \u2013<\/b> This sounds like a given, but you\u2019d be surprised how many guys go there. Either they blurt it out during sex, or because she said it first and they don\u2019t want to hurt her feelings. Once you\u2019ve said, \u201cI love you,\u201d your open relationship will never be the same. It will either morph into something more committed or fall apart completely. But the fun as you knew it will be over.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<b>2. Don\u2019t let her dictate how you spend your time \u2013<\/b> If your sex buddy starts trying to<a href=\"http:\/\/love.allwomenstalk.com\/signs-your-girlfriend-is-too-controlling\" target=\"_blank\"> control how you spend your<\/a> time, you\u2019ve got to put a stop to it immediately. If you don\u2019t, before you know it you\u2019ll be with her all the time, you\u2019ll give up your independence, and you\u2019ll ditch any hobbies and interests she doesn\u2019t share. In other words, you\u2019ll be in a regular committed relationship.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<b>3. Don\u2019t spend too much time together outside of sex \u2013<\/b> Generally speaking, if you want a sex buddy to remain a sex buddy, sex should be your main activity together. While there are some women who can be a buddy\/buddy and a sex buddy, most of them don\u2019t get the distinction between this dynamic and a committed relationship. If you hang out with her at all outside of sex, keep it to a minimum, and pay close attention to any changes in her behavior so she <a href=\"http:\/\/www.askmen.com\/top_10\/dating\/top-10-ways-to-tell-your-casual-relationship-isnt-casual.html\" target=\"_blank\">doesn\u2019t get too attached<\/a>.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<b>4. Don\u2019t let her replace your friends \u2013 <\/b>As much as you might love sex, and as cool as your sex buddy might be, open relationships come and go. Your buddies, on the other hand, will probably be your friends for life. You don\u2019t want the relationship to end, only to realize that you don\u2019t have anyone to hang out with because you ditched all of your friends months ago.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h_ft1Mk5w7o\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<b>5. Avoid women who are emotionally unstable, needy, or bored \u2013 <\/b>Easier said than done, I know. But if you\u2019re in an open relationship with a woman who falls into one of these categories, you\u2019re courting disaster. If she\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.topix.com\/forum\/city\/utica-ny\/TL39I9VLH9JK69DOG\" target=\"_blank\">emotionally unstable<\/a>, she\u2019ll end up thinking she\u2019s in love with you and will create huge drama when she doesn\u2019t get what she wants. If she\u2019s needy, she\u2019ll monopolize your time, incessantly calling or texting, and expecting to see you more often than you\u2019d prefer. The same goes for women who have boring lives. A bored woman without friends, hobbies, and a career, will use you as a replacement for all of those things.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<b>6. Keep it exciting \u2013<\/b> If your sex buddy wanted routine, she\u2019d be in a traditional relationship. The fact that she\u2019s in an open relationship means that she craves variety and excitement in the bedroom. If you allow your sex life to fall into a routine of the same sex acts and positions in the same places all the time, she\u2019s going to get bored, and she\u2019ll probably bail. If you want her to stick around, make it worth her while.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<b>7. Don\u2019t see her too often \u2013<\/b> When the sex is hot, of course you\u2019re going to want it all the time. And in order to get it all the time, you\u2019ll end up being together a lot. The problem with this is that one of two things will happen if you\u2019re seeing each other multiple times a week. Either she\u2019ll end up getting attached and want a monogamous relationship, or she\u2019ll get bored because she\u2019s spending all of her time with you and will bail entirely.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<b>8. Don\u2019t Get Emotionally Attached \u2013 <\/b>While most of these rules are put in place to keep the woman from getting too emotionally attached, this one is about you. Guys always think that they\u2019re immune from getting too attached in an open relationship until it happens to them. The best way to avoid this is to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elephantjournal.com\/2014\/02\/3-signs-of-an-emotional-unavailable-person\/\" target=\"_blank\">keep a bit of emotional distance<\/a>. Your sex buddy should be someone you have fun with. Keep it strictly fun. If you start calling her when you\u2019ve had a hard day at work or talking to her about your dad dying, you\u2019re more than just sex buddies. Save the emotionally loaded topics for your family and friends. Keep it out of the bedroom.<\/p>\n<p>While the idea of having established rules might initially seem like they will inhibit your freedom, rest assured that the opposite is actually true. Once you\u2019ve memorized the rules and start to internalize them, it\u2019s not like you\u2019ll find yourself constantly ticking them off in your head. You\u2019ll just naturally talk and behave in ways that keep the relationship on track.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"bloglnk\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.adulthookup.com\/dating\/allaboutlove2\/88822\/Sexbuddyguide-blog-8openrelationshiprules-AH\" target=\"_blank\">:: Special Offer For Our Readers: Free Membership On Adult Hookup ::<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contrary to popular belief, choosing an open relationship instead of a conventional relationship isn\u2019t a free for all. Yes, you\u2019ll have a lot more freedom, but you\u2019re still going to have to follow the rules that keep the game in play. A lot of people try to do open relationships without rules in place, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":127,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[109,42,108,41,12],"class_list":["post-19","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","tag-emotionally-attached","tag-having-open-relationships","tag-i-love-you","tag-open-relationship-rules","tag-open-relationships"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sexbuddyguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sexbuddyguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sexbuddyguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sexbuddyguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sexbuddyguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sexbuddyguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":431,"href":"https:\/\/sexbuddyguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19\/revisions\/431"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sexbuddyguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sexbuddyguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sexbuddyguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sexbuddyguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}