My wife and I have opened and closed a few times, both of us sleeping with other people, each time due to my emotional upset and jealousy of her partners. She doesn’t love the back and forth and just wants consistency either way. We’re currently paused now, and I’m working hard on myself, in general, with therapy and Zoloft. However, I’m not sure I want to be open permanently or not. Further, now it seems like the thrills of open have given way to the normal feelings of everyday life again. She hasn’t expressed dissatisfaction, but I’m just wondering, for folks who have opened and closed, were you able to happily stay closed or what are people’s thoughts on putting the horse back in the barn? I don’t want to use open marriage to distract from the feelings/ stuff I need to process, or maintenance work we need to do on our relationship, but I’m also not sure about any permanent side effects of opening and would love your thoughts.