Dear Matt:

I am guessing that the reason you feel better in some ways and so does she, the reason for this revival or.. resurrection is the change. There has been a change in the same-old-same-old. You and her lived your lives a certain way and … here, something new is taking place, something different.

When a previous taboo is being abandoned, like monogamy, there is a release of sorts, a freedom.

Question is will that sense of freedom last.

My guess: not likely because her “severe anxiety and depression”, her addiction to prescription drugs, her dysfunctional relationships with her family members which led her to accommodate them the way she has, your overblown sense of responsibility, blaming yourself for way more than you are responsible for, these things cannot be resolved with an easy fix, which is what this open marriage is supposed to deliver.

Your thoughts?

anita