open marriage

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Gaiman remains locked in a contentious custody battle with Palmer, with whom he once had an open marriage and divorced in 2022.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2025

It's entirely possible that nothing, not even an open marriage, could have saved Love and Joe's ultimately doomed relationship.

From Salon • Oct. 25, 2021

You can see then how data on open marriage, which stigma makes people less likely to report and which doesn’t require official paperwork at any rate, would be more difficult to obtain.

From Slate • Jul. 4, 2021

Mrs. Knatchbull and her sister were raised by a governess and did not consider themselves close to their mother, who was absent for much of their upbringing and had a notoriously open marriage.

From Washington Post • Jun. 17, 2017

Such was the blended truth, irony, and wit with which Héloïse dissuaded Abélard from open marriage.

From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 07 Great Women by Lord, John