Hi everyone,

I (27M) and my GF (22F) have been considering some non-managic practices, and we have a hard time figuring out what might work in practical terms.

I know this is might come as a generic question, and only the people in the relationship know exactly what works for them, but I wanted to read about other people directly.

I hear some people say it's "all or nothing" for opening relationship, but we want to go on a slower pace. I don't think we would be ok with our partner sleeping with (like, literally, not a euphemism for sex) or dating other people... The idea is focused mostly on casual practices and we discussed some physical boundaries (like no penetrative sex or only kissing other people). We have also considered ruling out close friends, or only doing anything with them if we talked about it beforehand.

Anyways, I will gladly hear your considerations or experiences. Thanks :)