Episode 637: Should I Open My Marriage For My Crush?

Just Break Up: Relationship Advice from Your Queer Besties

Sierra DeMulder and Sam Blackwell

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Sam and Sierra answer a letter from someone who is feeling ready for some ethical non-monogamy with her coworker Join us on Patreon for an extra weekly episode, monthly office hours, and more! SUBMIT: justbreakuppod.com FACEBOOK: /justbreakuppod INSTAGRAM: @justbreakuppod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Just Break Up the podcast about love, heartbreak, and all the relationship advice you don't want to hear.
0:08.0	My name is Sierra DeMolder.
0:10.1	And I'm Sam Blackwell.
0:11.2	And today we're going to answer a letter from somebody who is wondering if she should open her relationship so that she can be with her crush.
0:18.5	But before we begin, we just want to give you our surgeon general's warning, which is that
0:22.4	Sierra and I are not licensed mental health practitioners.
0:25.1	No, we are not professionals.
0:26.4	We are not trained in any of this.
0:28.2	So please take our advice as you see fit.
0:31.0	We're only here to offer our humble musings to hopefully shed some understanding and maybe
0:35.3	some laughs about the incredibly rewarding, but
0:37.8	mostly confusing experience that is love.
0:41.2	Okay, let's get into today's letter.
0:43.4	So today's letter comes from married and confused, whose pronouns are she, her,
0:47.9	who is writing from grad school hell.
0:51.8	Hi, J.B. Universe.
0:54.4	J.B. Universe. Let. Universe. J.B. Universe.
0:56.1	Let me try that one again.
0:58.1	Why?
0:59.0	J.B. Universe.
1:00.5	J.B. Universe.
1:04.3	I, mid-20s female, I've been with my partner, late 20s male, for about half a decade and
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