Editing Open marriage (section)

===Ideals of an open marriage===

*Here-and-now living combined with realistic expectations: There is a reduction of commitment to and sacrifice in the long-term goals.
*Personal privacy: A greater respect for personal privacy than in a traditional marriage.
*Open and honest communication: sharing, self-disclosure, and productive fighting.
*Role flexibility: open partners exhibit this considerably.
*Open companionship: avoiding traditional marriage assumptions of coupledness. This may involve the development of deep personal, sexual relationships with other members outside their marriage.
*Equality: equality of power as well as responsibility.
*Pursuit of identity: An individual's uniqueness is valued, differences are not seen as a threat.
*Mutual trust: an assumption that everything is out on the open and that one's partner is not a possession that is guarded.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Wachowiak|first=Dale|date=February 1980|title=Open Marriage and Marital Adjustment|journal=Journal of Family and Marriage|volume=42|issue=1|pages=57–62|jstor=351933|doi=10.2307/351933}}</ref>