On relationships and reactions
Um, yeah. In a way, it feels wrong to write more, the comic should be self-sufficient. But it's not. Because there's SO MUCH MORE to say.
Basically, there are two things I tried to adress. Don't take them personally.
1) People ask me stuff that they'd NEVER ask a monogamous person. And they occasionally get offended when I ask the same things about monogamous relationships. DO NOT LIKE! Want to know things about monogamy. Dammit.
2) When people talk about this sort of thing, they often adress the potential problems that ALSO exist in monogamous relationships. Like "but what if one of you gets jealous, even though you have an open relationship?". What happens then? Same thing that happens if one person in a monogamous relationship gets jealous. A problem that you solve like the grown-up individuals you are. Non-monogamous relationships don't cure cancer, as far as I know.
There is, however, one little problem with going open...
It's really difficult to matter-of-factly mention that you are up for grabs.