Open relationships allow partners to explore romantic or sexual connections with others while maintaining their primary bond, built on trust and honest communication. This guide explains how they work ...

Unlike emperor penguins and prairie voles, humans aren’t biologically programmed to be monogamous. Throughout history, most human societies (like most of the animal kingdom) have practiced some form ...

In a world where relationships are constantly evolving, talking about an "exclusive relationship" remains essential amidst speed dating, dating apps, and open relationships. But what does it really ...

You might have seen the letters ENM (meaning: ethical non-monogamy) when scrolling through the likes of Hinge and Feeld, but how often does the concept actually come up in conversation IRL? Well, ...

We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we love. Promise. Even so, misconceptions about open marriages and polyamory exist. Specifically, that it “never works” ...

In recent years, there’s been a flurry of interest from heterosexual couples in “opening up” their relationships and exploring ways of being sexual and emotional with people other than their partner.

When I first started this column as an undergrad, I was writing about hookup culture between seminar readings. Now, I’m back as a med student and trading in dorm gossip for cadaver lab. But honestly, ...

A Reddit post about a woman who decided to end her relationship after her boyfriend insisted on having an open relationship has gone viral. In the post, which has received 10,000 upvotes, the woman ...

What does love look like in 2025? For many, it's still the familiar image of two people committing to lifelong monogamy, ...

What happens in the time between meeting someone new and officially calling them your partner? Decades ago, you might’ve called this the “wooing” stage: commonly, where a man offered a woman gifts, ...