Thread necromancy ftw!
We are a hallpass couple.
Our 'rules' are simple. At any time one of us can hook up with anyone we choose. We do not have to get permission or even let the other know. The only rule is that we have to let each other know after the fact. It is something that we use on occasion and prior to covid used it more often.
It started, well almost, a few years after we got in the lifestyle. We had a very good SF friend. The relationship was so tight that the SF was the only one ever who has met our child. We started in the early 90s! My wife and our child went on a huge road trip to visit my wife's family 1500 miles away. She called the SF and said it was OK to fuck me. She told me that it was ok to fuck the SF. The SF and I went to a local sex club. We didn't do anything at all. We were both unsure if my wife was joking, testing us, or serious. We erred on caution.
Fast forward to the mid 2010s . We have friends that put on parties about 200+ miles from us. We were going and a couple of days prior my wife gets a cold. I told her that I'd get in touch with the other couple and tell them that we will not make it. She said, "NO! You go without me." I tilted me head and looked at her oddly. I said, "Nah, it's ok." She argued back. I thought I was smart and said, "Ok, I'll go if the couple wants me." The couple throwing the party NEVER has single guys, EVER. The couple said, "No problem, send him on over." Damn, I got called out. I went. I got there Thursday night and was busy fucking Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday and then drove back. My wife would have fun and text me in the night and say, "Are you fucking someone? Who? Am I interrupting?" We would talk every night.
That opened the flood gates. There was single guy who lived three blocks from where she worked. I told her, if you want some afternoon delight, go ahead and have fun. She would see him once a month or so. There was another single guy that she liked that lived about 110 miles away. She scheduled an afternoon romp with him at a local hotel.
There is a SF that lives about 40 miles from here that I went to go see. There was a 24 year old that liked me that was local that used to come over to my office for some sex :)
There was a time a few years ago when she went to visit her parents in Florida. We used SLS to find a guy for her every night she was there. She got mad at me because I had to go to the bay area for a week and I didn't hook up with anyone. It is not because I couldn't, it was because I was friggin tired. I would get back at 9pm and then have to catch Bart at 5:20am. I just didn't have time.
So now, if either of us is going out of town solo, we are available. There are couples that like MFM's and they ask me over a lot. There are some couples who like MFF and she will go over on occasion.
It works for us. Neither of us thinks that we are going to leave each other for anyone else.