Dear Abby: My wife slept with her longtime friend—now she wants an open relationship, and it’s driving me crazy
A man is struggling with his wife's desire for an open relationship after she slept with a longtime friend. He expresses his discomfort with her late-night outings and the sexual messages she sends to other men. The situation has led him to question the future of their marriage and the impact on their three children.
- ▪The couple has been married for four years and initially agreed to a monogamous relationship.
- ▪The wife has expressed a desire to explore an open relationship after having an affair.
- ▪The husband feels overwhelmed by his wife's actions and is concerned about their children's well-being.
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| Original publisher | New York Post |
| Canonical URL | https://nypost.com/2026/05/20/lifestyle/dear-abby-my-wife-slept-with-her-longtime-friendnow-she-wants-an-open-relationship/ |
| Publication time | Wed, 20 May 2026 03:00:00 -0400 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-05-20T07:05:00.570Z |
| Last seen | 2026-05-20T08:10:21.746Z |
| Headline source | Publisher (no WeSearch rewrite) |
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| Excerpt method | First ~120 words (~800 chars) of extracted publisher body, fair-use limited. |
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| Summary source text | contentText |
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| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
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| Retrieval / RAG | May the content be exposed for third-party retrieval-augmented generation? | Not asserted |
| Model training | May the content be used to train AI models? | Not asserted |
| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
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Dear Abby Lifestyle Dear Abby: My wife slept with her longtime friend—now she wants an open relationship, and it’s driving me crazy By Dear Abby Published May 20, 2026, 3:00 a.m. ET Dear Abby advises a man who is upset that his wife wants an open relationship. LIGHTFIELD STUDIOS - stock.adobe.com See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google DEAR ABBY: My wife and I have been married for four years. When we got married, we were both monogamous. We wanted kids and a classic nuclear family, and our interests and political beliefs were similar. We had three kids in 15 months and received no help from anyone. I wasn’t the perfect husband. I sought out other women via online dating sites, though I never cheated.
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