So I’m completely new to this and this is a recent self discovery, but I’ve been in a monogamous relationship for 18 years. I was married to him for 11 of those years, but a couple years ago, I started feeling trapped and was starting to fall for other people and we just stopped getting along for a while so I decided I wanted to call it off both for his sake and mine. I learned a lot about myself in the time we were separated and I’m still learning. We got divorced and then, after some time, I started falling for him again because we had both been working on ourselves and we were still on good terms, but now I have a problem. I’m falling for another guy while also loving my current partner. My current partner knows because I opened up to him about it, but he doesn’t want me to pursue anyone else. He wants to stay monogamous and I understand that he’s scared, but I feel like I’ve got a hole in my life. I love my partner, I love this life I have, but I have so much more to give and I wanna share this life with another. I don’t really know what to do or how to stop feeling this way
(Update) I won’t be responding to this anymore. I got a few helpful responses, but I’m tired of the people who think the worst of me for loving 2 people. Thank you to those who did help


This doesn’t sound like polyamory to me. It sounds like rose colored glasses and nostalgia. You gotta move on, for both your sakes.
Just my $0.02
@surewhynotlem@lemmy.world So loving two people isn’t polyamory? I don’t understand where you got these ideas from.
My experience with breaking up with long term partners is that the rebound love you get after being apart for a while is temporary.
So I’m saying you don’t love two people. You love one, and you’re dependent on the other. But ymmv