I've been in an open marriage for about a year, but didn't really do anything about it until some months ago. I now have a friend with benefits. We've been good (online) friends for some time, so once we got to meet and added the benefits, things got quite intense quite quickly.

But. He travels a lot for work, and we don't live in the same town. I don't have the opportunity to see him more than once a month, probably less. He's on his way out of a relationship (nothing to do with me) and I expect (and kind of hope) that there will be less room for me. Eventually, he'll move out of my country.

My NRE hormones are raging, and it feels awful to miss him more than I get to meet him, and knowing that it will never get any better. What do I do to deal with this? Is it an idea to cut contact in-between meetings (we communicate daily)? Maybe start meeting someone else as well? Go for a run every time it feels difficult and get super fit? Very happy for all advice on how to keep the joy of meeting without all the misery of missing!