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Chapter 1: What challenges does Jeff face in his open marriage?
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So, yeah, this is me.
Cool, yeah. Nice building.
Yeah. Looks even nicer inside.
Oh, yeah. Oh, you mean... Yeah. So you want... yeah.
Okay.
Is your husband on?
He's on his own date tonight.
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Chapter 2: How do Jeff and his date discuss their relationships?
Yeah. Okay, then. Onwards and upwards. Okay.
Shit. Why? I can't.
No? No?
It's not you. I'm sorry. I've had a great time. I just... I wasted... I'm sorry I wasted your time. I'll just... Wait, wait, wait. Hold on. I'm really sorry.
Here's the thing. I have had plenty of dates go sideways, but I don't think I've ever had anyone look, um, stricken at the thought of having sex with me.
That's not why I'm stricken.
Are you in crisis?
No, nothing like that. Okay. I, um... Do you need me to call anyone, or...? Uh, no, no, um, no. there is one thing you could do okay yeah um so i don't want to have sex with you got that but could i say i did whoa wait run that by me again i i don't want to have sex with you yeah but i i do i have your permission to tell my wife that i had sex with you tonight
Well, shit. Congratulations, Jeff. Well, I mean, I thought you were just cute, but it turns out you're interesting. You want to go somewhere and talk?
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Chapter 3: What is ethical non-monogamy and how did Jeff and Ingrid get into it?
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Have you had the Cobb salad here?
No, because I'm not a fad. Get the pancakes.
Okay.
I want to know every poor life choice that led to the favor you asked me for tonight.
How far back do you want me to go?
I don't know. Maybe start with how you and your wife... What's her name?
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Chapter 4: What unique strategies do Jeff and his date explore?
I don't know what that means.
And it just kept getting worse until one night we were. Can I guess? I mean, it's pretty specific.
You hung out with friends who told you they'd opened their marriage.
Yes, that's exactly what happened. How? Yeah. Dave and Shauna.
Dave and Shauna hanging off each other like teenagers, telling you how they cracked the code to life.
We barely made it back to the car before we lost them.
Oh my god, did you know that was coming? No, I had no idea. What did they call it that was like that ridiculous acronym?
Uh, E-N-M, Ethical Non-Monogamy.
E-N-M, right. Yes, it's like they joined a cult. Like, have you heard the good news? But like for sex with randos.
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Chapter 5: How does Jeff feel about his wife's dating experiences?
Oh, thank God.
Can we talk?
We did it just like they tell you online, right? Four months of immunizations, discussions, sessions with an E&M therapist.
You know that nobody checks if you did the four months, right?
And we even launched our profiles together. I'm kind of nervous. If we hate it, we'll stop. Right? And... Profile Live.
Profile Live. So wait, is tonight your first time out?
Third. Third, actually.
Ooh. Yeah. Oh, wow.
So the other two of you, you also... Yeah, I also tank them.
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Chapter 6: What insights do Jeff and his date share about relationships?
Permission granted. Thank you.
Thank you. I really appreciate it.
How are you going to tell her? What are you going to say?
I don't know. Okay, well, I guess we went to dinner. We went back to your place.
Okay, what does my place look like?
What does your place look like? Yeah. Why don't you tell me?
No, no, no, not my real place. The place in your story. It's two different things.
Yeah. Well, sure, yeah, okay. Maybe... Maybe you have one of those lava lamps?
No one over 20 has a lava lamp.
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Chapter 7: How does Jeff navigate his feelings towards his wife's other partners?
Well, hey, I'm on his side.
Now, remember, one of the characters in this story is you. You need to sound like you.
Okay. I don't like the way you said that.
Okay. Well, no, but I mean, like, maybe you're filibustering sex and you just keep babbling, like how you did with me.
So now I'm babbling, trying to remember anything I know about houseplants.
Oh, my gosh. I want to hurt my eyes. I wasn't even there.
And Leslie takes my hand, both of hers, and she says, Jeff, relax.
This doesn't have to be special.
that kind of broke the ice you know made it feel like we could kiss and everything sort of flowed from there okay well i'm not gonna ask a ton i'm like not sure how much i want to know at this point but how did you like it i should say it was great right or should i say it was bad neither remember ingrid already knows what it's like I mean, I liked it. It was sex, but sort of detached.
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Chapter 8: What does Jeff ultimately decide about his relationships?
Take what from here?
You know, like if I need to come up with another... Invent more dates with fake Leslie?
Yeah.
Yeah, right. I mean, I have the tools now.
Or a second woman.
You think I need a second woman?
Well, I mean, like, how many men is she seeing?
Like three over the past six months or so.
Oh, so you need at least two.
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