I had a talk with someone i know through mutual friends and he had heard about the open relationship i'm in with my bf. As I'm not ashamed of talking to others about it, I answered his questions. But I could sense by everything he said and his body language that he couldn't think around the prejudice he has been taught for his whole life: "you get involved in an open relationship when you dont really love your partner and simultaneously still want to fuck others". I was trying really hard to tell him that, as every monogamous relationship is different, every open relationship is even more different than others. I wanted to open up about the details of how we are working this out together. Like for example our agreements to what you can/cannot do, our ways of communication, etc. But he seemed like he didn't even want to listen to what I had to say. I got really frustrated, because others can't seem to see the beauty of my relationship on a personal level and of open relationships in general.

How do you guys cope with these kind of uncomfortable, awkward conversations?