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Cannot stop obsessively thinking about a new partner.
First off, please be gentle. I don’t know if this is the correct subreddit but I have always found the poly/ENM community to be very wise and helpful for me to learn from. I’ve been with my husband for over a decade. Over the last two years we have morphed from “swinging” to more ENM. We have house swapped with other couples, so we’ve had sex without each other present in the past. But we both realized we have desires of being with other people sexually, independently. At this time we are not looking for deep emotional connections with other individuals but want to meet good friends and have great sexual experiences.
My husband and I had been seeing this guy a couple of times and the three of us would have sex (MMF and they are both straight). He is handsome, VERY good in bed, and cool/calm/confident vibes. Not to mention very respectful of boundaries and just everything you’d look for in a FWB. I recently expressed to my husband that I wanted to try having sex with other men alone because we are high school sweethearts and I never really had a chance to have experiences like this.
Well about a week ago I finally had sex with this guy alone at his place. And it was EVERYTHING. Mind-blowing. And now I can’t stop obsessing over him. I’m constantly thinking about if he likes me, what he’s doing, is he thinking about me, etc etc etc. He is single and very experienced in the ENM lifestyle. He lives a nomadic life and travels for work constantly. He’s not in town for more than one night at a time typically. Our conversations, both in-person and over text, are pretty superficial. Besides the basics, I really don’t even know a ton about him.
I’ve been trying all of the “right things”. Yoga, meditation, therapy. I can’t get my anxiety/fixation to calm down and it’s distracting me from my day to day life. Making me feel like my normal like is boring and unfulfilling compared to that.
I know that your first thought would be to STOP. Cut it off with him. However I have gotten like this once before in the past with a couple we were seeing. I would obsessively check my phone and think about them constantly. I don’t feel like HE is the issue. I think I am the issue. I don’t know if it’s because I never really dated in my 20s to know how to get used to these exciting feelings or if this means I’m not cut out for ENM. But most importantly I need help figuring out how to STOP OBSESSING because it’s making my anxiety borderline severe.
I’ve talked to my husband about these feelings and he’s very supportive. Willing to do whatever I need and not upset. But I don’t even know what I need.
Other important tidbits: I have ADHD and a history of anxiety/depression.
Looking for any input, advice or resources if you have any articles or videos you have found useful.
I feel that. Thank you for sharing ❤️ I’m trying to be so gentle with myself and not beat myself. My biggest problem is that the thoughts and feeling are causing this severe anxiety that is absolutely making me so physically and emotionally exhausted.
Hopefully it’s ok but I messaged you to chat more about your journey
I love this for you! Thank you so so so much for the resources!
I feel secure in knowing he’s into me. When we’re in-person his interest is genuine and thoughtful. He’s just a shitty texter so I don’t really get to know him well other than the one single experience we’ve had alone.
YES, I’m starting to feel jealous after being alone with him and I never felt jealous of him with other women before when we were having threesomes with my husband. He even used to send us videos of him with other women (consensually) and I liked it! No jealousy before.
Thank you very much! What I’m looking for is much more casual so I feel like asking this partner for validation isn’t as appropriate as it would be with a romantic emotional relationship.
Is the fact that I feel jealous a reason that I should stop seeing him? Like I’m too attached too soon?
That’s a really good point. The part that confuses me is that I have only felt this obsessive over one other partner we’ve had before. It was actually a couple. So it’s not a consistent feeling for me 🤔 but this guy is also way more of what I’ve been looking for than any other partners have been
That’s probably very true and all good points. Thank you ❤️ luckily being in a relationship with him has never been a question even for a second. But the feelings have just been confusing.
That’s probably very true if I’m being honest with myself. Thank you so much for that insight.
It’s not all superficial. He’s given me glimmers of deeper conversations. And about things that are attractive to me. He’s confident in who he is and what he wants. He likes going to therapy. He cares about his mental health. He’s got a good sense of humor.
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Ooo I love that last sentence. I will do some journaling on that. Thank you ❤️ I really do feel like I just need to get to know him more but he’s a bad texter, in that it takes 6-8 hours for a response. So it’s been hard to get a good conversation started to learn more. And it’s going to be around a month before I can see him again.