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Insecurity + Jealously w/ FWB
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Anybody feel more insecurity and jealously over their FWB dating others than their primary dating others?

I have compersion and more hearing about my husbandā€™s dating. Conversely, hearing about my FWBā€™s dating makes me feel insecure and jealous. I suppose this is likely because my husband and I are on more stable ground? Versus a relatively new and sometimes tumultuous, less stable situation?

FWB and I have become best friends, we use the L word, we have sleepovers, we share friends, and we spend 1-2 days a week together. We have awesome sexual chemistry and fun.

Things havenā€™t been bc perfect or easy though especially recently, as a matter of fact a number of you are going to stalk my post history and hate that Iā€™m with FWB again/still, but I digress. I suppose the overarching uncertainty and doubt are contributing factors to the jealously and insecurity yes?

FWB is an otherwise unpartenered poly person. My fear is that heā€™ll end up leaving me for monogamy. But recently, he went on an ā€œawesome date with great conversation, common interests, sense of humor, and chemistryā€ ā€” and I couldnā€™t help but feel like ā€œhey, Iā€™m that person for you!!ā€ ā€” which I realize is bonkers. And better yet, he made a point to be like ā€œsheā€™s cool with poly, she knows about you, I told her youā€™re my bestieā€ etc. Which is sweet. I mean in an ideal world he slots in a cool primary thatā€™s cool with his preexisting secondary and our relationship remains. And thatā€™s what this could be, yet Iā€™m still jealous.

Heā€™s been bad with time management before, and bad with making me feel appreciated, though heā€™s getting better with both. Though I guess if Iā€™ve felt the scarcity of these things in previous when he was single, it only makes sense Iā€™d be concerned those issues will be exacerbated when I have to share him with someone new heā€™ll be enamored with, right?

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