My open relationship: “I feel neither fear nor jealousy, that’s what makes our bond so strong.”

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The open relationship is not a new idea : the very co-founder of Libération , Jean-Paul Sartre, and his partner, the philosopher Simone de Beauvoir, never swore fidelity to each other during their romantic relationship. However, this modality, which still only concerned 1 % of French people in 2017, now concerns 5 % according to the latest study published by Ifop. Even 15 % say they are willing to open up their relationship if their partner suggested it. A significant increase. It remains to find the recipe for happiness because, a bit like Kant's concept of freedom, the open relationship does not mean an absence of laws. Today, Jeanne, 22, a special needs educator, met Jérémie, 36, at a party in Toulouse and currently lives in Réunion.

"For a little over a year, I've been in my first open relationship. Until then, I'd had stories