We (30M, 30M) have been in a long distance relationship for six months now. I love him and cherish him. I look forward to talking him everyday and I can’t wait to meet him in summer.

We are two different personalities in sex - I need sex as just a physical release. I don’t need to know the person to have sex with. He can have sex only if he loves the other person.

Due to the distance, I’ve wanted an open relationship from the beginning. I’ve always been in open relationships. He was only in monogamous relationships till now and he wasn’t that comfortable with it since the beginning.

As our relationship reached the six month mark, and things got very serious - he kinda is making me choose how this relationship would become.

So he is like - you either promise me that I’d eventually turn to monogamy or let’s make it polyamorous so that I can have sex with others too.

The thing is - I’m not sure if I’m comfortable with either options as 1) I don’t think I can survive without adhoc physical release 2) I can’t imagine him loving another person. But, I also don’t wanna lose him.

I’m not asking you to help me decide. But, just tell me what you know about polyamory or me shifting to monogamy.