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Opening Up: behind the scenes of our open marriage

Rebecca Rapple

Nikki and John, two married 30-somethings, open up in real time about the decision to open up their marriage. You'll go on their journey as they explore non-monogamy, polyamory and what it m...

Episodes

20 of 26 episodes

OU - Season 2 - Episode 12 - 5_29_18, 10.58 AM.output

This week we say hello from Granada, where John suffered with food poisoning and Nikki got chastised by a random couple. We discuss how feel...

35:57May 29, 2018

11 - Vacation Sex, Being Awkward and meeting 'El Torro'

This week we talk to you from Madrid! We give you an update on our sex everyday experiment. John dishes about 'El Torro', his new sex toy. N...

30:39May 21, 2018

10 - We're in Spain! And we experiment with porn, mirrors and foreign sex shops....

Hola from Espana! John & Nikki have been having an amazing time with friends and family... but that's meant less time for exploring their co...

33:48May 14, 2018

9 - Improving our sex life and the start of vacation!

John and Nikki have started their vacation! For the next month, we are focusing on improving our sex life, pleasure and sexual communication...

35:51May 7, 2018

8 - Can you fix your sex life with an open relationship?

This week Nikki gets worked up about the generally accepted wisdom that you can't be successful at an open marriage, non-monogamy or polyamo...

33:31Apr 30, 2018

7 - Are we okay? (Sorry for being MIA...)

Nikki & John dive in to everything that's happened in the last six weeks: visits from parents, failed dates, our interactions with liars and...

51:00Apr 23, 2018

6 - We talk dating apps, feeling flat and how we're getting back in the game

This week John & Nikki talk about their struggles with their relationship being positive, but feeling flat. And, together, they make plans t...

44:15Mar 8, 2018

5 - We make a big deposit in our relationship bank and Nikki deals with a sour date

This week, Nikki and John reconnected and found ways to feel much better and more connected in their relationship, including a wonderful Sat...

32:08Feb 28, 2018

4 - In person connections, complacency and texting with lovers

This week, Nikki & John talk about the tough week they had personally. John shares his surprising take away from when Nikki met a handsome m...

40:01Feb 19, 2018

3 - A sexual drought and what do all these words mean anyways?!!?

In this episode, John & Nikki debate the ins and outs of all the labels in non-monogamy (polycules, relationship anarchy and swinging oh my!...

38:25Feb 13, 2018

2 - The one you've been waiting for: John pops his poly cherry!

This week we're diving deep into two very big things. First, and most exciting, John finally had sex with J! We go into all the details and...

39:17Feb 5, 2018

1 - We're back from our holiday with lots of updates, reflections on met-amours and John's poly resolution

We are so happy to be back! We have so much to catch up on this episode. We look back on all of our dating adventures, look forward to where...

36:24Jan 22, 2018

13 - Our 3 Month Retrospective - a very special episode

We can't believe we've opened our marriage for three whole months! In this episode, we cover everything we've done right... everything we'd...

45:32Nov 27, 2017

12 - Dating Exes, feeling disconnected and a very powerful question

This week Nikki has been feeling really disconnected, John goes on another great date and we tackle a tricky situation: what to do about dat...

39:19Nov 20, 2017

11 - A very sexy weekend away & Nikki has sex with A!

This week, John had a magical second date, Nikki got really serious with A. (Yes! Nikki had sex with a woman for the very first time!) And,...

37:17Nov 13, 2017

10 - Another Big Fight... And John has a big first date

In week 10, John has a big first date, Nikki brings A to the house and John & Nikki have yet another big and very draining fight... It was a...

42:16Nov 6, 2017

9 - Our first conversations about being non-monogamous & reflections on the kink episode

In week 9, we think back to our very first conversations about opening up our relationship, talk about the last two weeks of our dating life...

38:57Oct 30, 2017

8- John's Kink with Consequences

This week John and Nikki open up about John's kink, including all the history, baggage and how they hope to move forward. Warning: spoilers:...

01:11:53Oct 23, 2017

7- A tough question, kinky sex and repeat dates

Nikki & John start by answering a tough question from one of you! Then we open up about our experiment with kinky sex (it had been a while!)...

36:30Oct 16, 2017

Week 6 BONUS: Do we actually want to be non-monogamous?!?!

John & Nikki ask the question, 6 weeks in, do we actually want to have an open marriage? We ask each other this question because of a commen...

27:05Oct 11, 2017