Interesting article. Any type of relationship can work with trust, truth and actual mutual consent, not half hearted consent. As you and readers have mentioned, BOUNDARIES, not to impact the primary relationship seem to be a must for an open relationship to work. How this all impacts families with children and how it all unfolds in the family unit, is something I would like to hear about from anyone who is practicing an open relationship. My first thought is that this is much easer to manage between to consenting adults without kids but then I don’t really know. Great article and thought provoking.