About this episode

Tyler Ippoliti shares his experiences with polyamory and the complexities of opening a relationship while navigating attachment and jealousy.

You've wondered about it. Maybe you've even fantasised about it. What would it actually be like to open up your relationship? Would it fix what's missing, or would it blow everything up? Tyler  Ippoliti has been married for 8 years and polyamorous for 6 of them. In this episode he takes us all the way in: the first threesome that was awkward as hell, the night his wife went on a date with a man from her past and he sat with his anxious attachment in real time, the relationship he had to grieve while planning to have kids, and the deep-end experience with another couple that nearly broke all of them. We talk about jealousy, attachment, sexual health conversations, and why he believes opening a relationship won't fix a single thing that's already broken, it just adds gasoline. We also get into why so many men in open relationships don't disclose it upfront, and what that says about what they're actually doing. This one is honest, uncomfortable in places, and might just answer questions you've never said out loud. WHAT WE GET INTO What actually happens the first time you try a threesome with your partner Why opening a relationship won't fix what's already broken The anxious…

People in this episode

Host: Rebecca Antonucci

Guest: Tyler Ippoliti

Topics covered

• polyamory
• jealousy
• attachment styles
• open relationships
• sexual health
• threesomes

Keywords

• open relationship
• polyamorous
• threesome
• jealousy
• attachment
• sexual health
• dating

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