Come 2025, couples might expect to have more conversations about open relationshipsand whether it’s right for them.
But sometimes, before youre ready to talk about something, you Google it.
The term experienced an all-time spike in 2024 (during the spring) compared to its 2023 search numbers.
Meanwhile,poly relationshiptook the No.
five spot on top trending relationship definitions.
Dating app OK Cupid named open relationships atop dating trend in 2024.
sex and relationships expert, author, and public speaker
A poly relationship is one in which people have multiple committed romantic partners.
However, this could be where Google is particularly revealing.
Perhaps Americans are more comfortable exploring their curiosities online than in public.
Suwinyattichaiporn has noticed an uptick in curiosity behind closed doors in her relationship coaching, too.
People will not say it on social media, but then theyll say it in private sessions.
So why has 2024 been a breakthrough year for open relationship interest?
Suwinyattichaiporn says pop culture may have something to do with it.
Even the 2024 Paris Olympics got in on it.
The opening ceremony featured a vignette of three people seeminglyabout to have a menage-a-trois.
Suwinyattichaiporn posits that the COVID-19 pandemic played a role in sparking peoples curiosity.
Couples spendingso much time together during stressful quarantinemade them re-evaluate their overall satisfaction.
Just because it did or didnt work for one person does not mean the same for you.
You only live once, Suwinyattichaiporn says.
Googling an idea will only get you so far.
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