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Story from Jam Press (Platonic Marriage) Pictured: Matt and Kate. ???I???m in a PLATONIC MARRIAGE ??? we sleep in different rooms and date other people??? A woman has revealed that she and her husband have a ???platonic marriage??? ??? and says it works better for them than a traditional partnership. Kate, 40, realised how ???co-dependent??? she and her husband, Matt, had become during their 15-year marriage, and they decided to make some changes. The healthcare worker sought out advice from a therapist, and together the couple decided to open their relationship and seek out other partners ??? while remaining together. Now, six years later, the pair says their new set-up works best for them, despite no longer having sex and sleeping in separate beds. ???Before considering non-monogamy, we had looked at getting a divorce,??? Kate, from Portland, Oregon, US, told http://www.whatsthejam.com/. ???Our relationship changed over the course of 10 years together and we had a few friends who were polyamorous. ???It wasn???t something we had considered until our physical relationship ended and we had become platonic. ???[Now] my husband and I have separate bedrooms and we are platonic partners. ???Our other partners usually have one bedroom [at their homes], but we schedule sleepovers and it usually works out ??? no one sleeps on the couch.??? Kate and Matt both entered the new set-up with open minds but struggled at first with feelings of jealously surrounding getting intimate with others and developing feelings for someone else. She said: ???We fought and worked really hard to find and maintain boundaries and navigate everything. ???Sometimes [I get jealous], but this is a secondary emotion. ???In my experience, I have learned that jealousy is usually rooted in some insecurity. ???I think the last time I was jealous in any capacity was when a partner rescheduled a date night with me to spend time with a new partner. ???Effective communication is usually my

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