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

I know you’re big fans of open marriage, but I can’t picture not getting overly attached to someone else, and I don’t want that either.

From Slate • Jan. 14, 2020

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

"Uncle Richard, if that clandestine marriage with Sarah Pepper was valid, why the open marriage five months later?" he asked, clinging to this straw of hope.

From Crestlands A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge by Bayne, Mary Addams