Opening Up: A Guide To Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships

Tristan Taormino

May 2008 · Simon and Schuster

About this ebook

Relationship expert and bestselling author Tristan Taormino offers a bold new strategy for creating loving, lasting relationships. Drawing on in-depth interviews with over a hundred women and men, Opening Up explores the real-life benefits and challenges of all styles of open relationships — from partnered non-monogamy to solo polyamory. With her refreshingly down-to-earth style and sharp wit, Taormino offers solutions for making an open relationship work, including tips on dealing with jealousy, negotiating boundaries, finding community, parenting and time management. Opening Up will change the way you think about intimacy.

Ratings and reviews

I certainly learned a lot from this book, but it focuses mainly on maintaining primary partner relations. I wish it had more to say about creating and sustaining secondary partner relationships.

I thought this was going to be a dry read, but it was so the opposite. After finishing, I now have a clear sense of what I feel would work best for me. Kudos... I'm definitely recommending this to others!

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About the author

Tristan Taormino is an award-winning author, columnist, editor, filmmaker, and sex educator. She is the author of seven books and the editor of 23 anthologies. She’s written for a multitude of publications from Yale Journal of Law and Feminism to Penthouse. She lives in New York City. 50 Shades of Kink "A gentle guide. You'll be an expert quicker than you can say 'horse-hair butt-plug." —HuffPost Lifestyle "This slim volume is a guide to BDSM for newcomers, written by an expert—Tristan Taormino—and packed with useful advice about the practices and products." —Erotic Trade Only "After the international phenomenon of Fifty Shades of Grey, this is the book the world needed—a quality how-to guide and overview on the basics of BDSM" —Aerie's Room "Whatever your level in the world of BDSM, this book should be on your shelf." —Cara Sutra "I can’t stress enough the importance of being educated on the terms, toys, gear and how to play safely when it comes to kinky sex, and 50 Shades of Kink covers it all." —A Good Woman's Dirty Mind