After one year, our experiment with an open marriage was proving a great success. Harold and I had taken full advantage of those opportunities to enjoy sex with others, and our own relationship was more exciting and satisfying than ever. The crucial test, however, came when I got home one evening and Harold had something to tell me.

“I talked to Lorna today. She’s in town, so I invited her over to dinner. I hope you don’t mind.”

I blanched slightly. Lorna was Harold’s ex-wife, a vampish, thirty-year-old actress who had found great success in Italy. Now she was in New York for a television show and was coming over to our house for dinner. Did I mind?

Harold had told me about their tempestuous marriage. After two stormy years, they had come to the realization that they were... Read More