Me (F) and my partner (M) are both looking to explore an open relationship. I have no doubts in our relationship and I trust him whole heartedly, we communicate very effectively and have never had any problems in the past regarding other people or whatever as we are both committed to one another and have been for over 5 years. I had my hoe phase before we met and I am comfortable with my sexual experiences and sexuality, whereas my partner is comfortable in his sexuality, but has not explored as much as he would like, and I want this for him because he deserves the experiences I cannot give him. This entire prospect is based on exploration, and eventually opening up to perhaps swinging etc.

I have no concerns regarding jealousy nor do I get jealous. The one thing that does concern me about going into this, is the intentions other people may have with him. I feel like you can never be too careful with other people, they can say that they respect your boundaries but they may have other intentions. I know my partner would cut them off immediately if it were to happen and I trust him, but i don’t trust other people.

Note: We are both autistic and it can be hard for him to recognise this in others, however I am able to spot someone like this a mile off.

My questions are -

• is this me being insecure in myself? • would only sleeping with another person ONCE rather than building up a connection with another help this concern of mine? • have you felt like this before and what did you do to help deal with these feelings?

Thanks!!❤️