Now I am wondering if I’d be less irritated by the “you must swing” crowd than the weirdo crowd, which is currently attracted to me and has been for some time. It’d make a change…
Maybe open marriage should be considered one of those annoying hobbies that others want to bore you with? There was a thread around here recently about such hobbies.
Kinda gives the description of “tedious wanker” a new light, eh?
<—one of the friendly folk who folks think is promiscuous. Sadly, eye contact is still considered a suggestive thing for a woman to do.
Eh, I’ve been known to tell people if I think they’re likely to see the hubby with another woman. You wouldn’t believe how much drama it can create - people start wondering if they should tell me or not tell me or if I’m suffering a fool or being abused in some way. Much easier to, as nonchalantly as possible, mention that we have “an arrangement” or “an open marriage”, early on in the friendship so they can skip all that nonsense.
this made me laugh! thanks. And yes, eye contact is enough to set some [del]assholes[/del] guys off, sadly enough.
Nor “on to”, either. 
Now I must have a quiet word with the right-handed, right-wrist-watch-wearing Mrs M. :dubious:
If someone tells you that they are in an open relationship the correct response is, “So I hear.”
You could have really dropped the bomb on her and took the wind out of her narcissist sails.
“Fruit salad looks good.”
“Yes it does…oh, by the way, Stanley and I now have an open relationship.”
“That’s great! Nancy and I just had a miscarriage.”
“…”
Beautiful.