We've been dating for 2 months and we've been flirting/spending time together for around 6 months.

When we started to officially date, we agreed to be open sexually with other people, but only if we were together, and with some rules.

Last weekend, we had an argument about what we wanted, and my partner said they wanted to be able to have fun on their own, to help them heal previous trauma. Which I completely understand, even though it's something that would be hard on me. During our argument, they kept saying they were also afraid that their wants for more sexual liberty could be a self-sabotage mechanism that could put our relationship at risk.

We talk for a long time about it, and about how we love each other and how we want to work this out together.

But comes monday, when they sent me a text about how they need more time to think about it, that during our talk they took too much on themselves to ease the situation, but it hurted them and created a bit of anger.

We still love each other, and I know I'm ready to do anything I can to work on myself and make things better between us.

To be honest, I'm afraid of loosing them. I know I should work more on how to be less possessive, and give them time to work on what they need to work on.

I guess what advices I need is how to give them time, while still being here for them and letting them know I still love them. And how to fix my fear of losing them if they start going to have fun on their own.

Sorry for the long text and the errors, english isn't my first language.