Hi. I’m a longtime Reddit lurker and it’s time for me to participate. This is essentially an account of an affair. My wife and I have an open relationship on paper. In reality, she doesn’t want to hear about me with other women, so we agree that although the relationship is open, we act as though it’s not. The way it works is that she has occasional vacations where she lets loose and hooks up with one or more men, then comes back and lives an ordinary life, while I had one discreet affair. I’d like for us to be more open with each other, but we’re not there yet. So although I have license to fool around on paper, in reality it feels and works exactly like good old fashioned cheating. With that stage set, here’s the story of my affair. Note: I know this reads at some points like erotica, but it is real. I’m just leaning in to the parts that I really enjoyed.