My open relationship: “Sexually, I have a hard time with him touching bodies other than mine.”

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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, Marie, 24, speaks of her discomfort with the new status of her relationship.

“In 2020, I met my boyfriend Maxime* during our third year of study in Lille. At the time, things were going very well; we were always together.