It has been a transition! A rough one at that.

I thought it was going to be the kids that had the hardest time with the transition. Nope! They took it in stride. It’s absolutely that the adults are having the harder time.

Even still, we remain working as a team and going on this journey called life together.

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Let me tell you, it’s quite an amazing thing to hear two parents reading from two different rooms to their children. I was reeling from a sense of gratitude for the moment and amazement by the amount of endless love these mothers have.

Moving day is here: today Ashley and her kiddo are moving in to join our family home. It’s going to be a tight squeeze all together. Had I known this would happen, I would have bought a bigger house.

Maybe in a few years we will upgrade to a bigger place. For the time being, it’s going to be working on making headway on starting to see if the blended family experience will work for us.

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I’m ready for Ashley to move in for all sorts of reasons. But the one I’m really interested in? She wants to be freely used whenever we are alone when working from home.

One week remains

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Hey hey hey… remember when I was thrusting inside you while my spouse was grinding her clit against your tongue?

We should do that again.

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Unfortunately, this story isn’t all rainbows, unicorns, and lots of sex. It’s a real journey with people and emotions.

One that also means that sometimes things don’t work. Even if there are lots of common threads.

Two weeks ago, I went out with the husband for a drink and some food. You see, Ashley and her husband have been going through struggles. I’ve cheated in the past and this couple has been working through a similar issue. I wanted to share my experience and relate with the husband to show him that I want to be a friend to him.

As it turns out, by sharing my experience, now all the husband can think of is that “once a cheater, always a cheater” (a ridiculous proposition that no one can ever make mistakes).

So this is the part of the story where I decided not to continue exploring a friendship with the husband. An unfortunate part of #EthicalNonMonogamy is learning to recognize when it is no longer worth your time to explore an opportunity.

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Ashley* and her family became our friends last year when our children connected at school and asked for a mutual play date. My spouse was familiar with Ashley and her family as they used to be vloggers my wife watched and supported. Both of us were quite excited at the budding friendship.

Throughout the start of this friendship, my spouse and I both felt excited to see where this friendship would go. Meeting another couple who live in the same city and have a child who enjoys spending time with ours is a breath of fresh air when you have moved.

Not only that, Ashley and her spouse have a story that has common threads to my spouse and I’s own story. They had moved to start fresh in a new town and so had we. All of us have #ReligiousTrauma left from decades of brainwashing and grooming via religion. Neurodivergent families. All of this gave us a great opportunity to build a strong friendship.

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