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Casual encounters leads to anxiety
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Husband likes to have spontaneous encounters, not exactly where he is on the ENM spectrumā€¦ Iā€™m Polyamorous and have a BF.

Husband does not need my consent to go cruising. But I expect him to communicate at the moment he knows heā€™s going to hookup with someone. (Few reasonsā€¦ safety, attunement, basic communication of oneā€™s intentions)

Struggling with his spontaneous behavior. Not interested in controlling him. I want to practice safer sex practices and good hygiene - including informed consent.

Heā€™s not been meeting my expectation in being transparent and communicative. I find out way after the fact. And I have to ask for enough information to understand what even transpired.

So, for example, Iā€™ll come home and give him a kiss on the lips. And then moments later he decides to share that he was ā€œwith someoneā€ an hour earlier. I have to ask questions to find out what happened. Come to find thereā€™s kissing and unprotected oral sex.

This keeps happening. Heā€™ll go out cruising and Iā€™ll find out about it after. And I no longer feel safe having unprotected sex or even kissing him at this point. Because I want to protect my BF and my own health from what I view as somewhat destructive behavior.

I feel wrong for maintaining a physical boundary because Iā€™m missing out on a physical connection I otherwise enjoy. But for my safety, my gut says to limit sexual contact until thereā€™s some trust restored.

Am I overthinking here? Am I missing something?? TIA!

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