“We had an arrangement, be discreet and don’t be blatant. There had to be payment, it had to be with strangers,” sings Lily Allen in her surprisingly candid and detailed album thought to be about her open relationship with her ex-husband.
The album has catapulted the concept of non-monogamous relationships into the spotlight, and couples therapists report that an increasing number of their clients are choosing to go down this route.
But as Allen’s album makes clear, while open marriages, or consensual non-monogamy, may work for some, they can also go very wrong – and there are a number of common pitfalls to avoid.
That’s the popette star whose marriage just burst asunder in a spurting puss of bitterness and recrimination, right?
Odd how often Granny’s right ’bout sex ‘n’ stuff, innit?
One has to admit that Virginia Giuffre’s ‘open relationship’ with Epstein didn’t work out too well. Or maybe I should be talking about the one with Andy??
A round of applause for Allen. Or is it just one clap? I’m sure clap came into it somewhere…
Daughter of one of the worst and wokest ‘actors’ in the country, if I recall.
Show biz person proves to be a bit of a harlot. Whatever next?
Silly me, I thought her Dad was probably Ray and his boy, the Lord, taught her all the acting…
In this case, it means paying for hookers. Which is not a terrible way to do things. Quite normal in some societies. The point being that hookers aren’t going to break up the family like a girlfriend will.
They’re both a bit messed up I think, but here’s my thinking on what happened here: she hooked up with and married David Harbour when his career was starting to take off. He was starting to get known (particularly for Stranger Things), who each could get to shag similar. A lot of actors suit young, romantic roles, but David Harbour has this physicality that means he suits older roles like dads or Father Christmas. He’s gone from guy in lots of movies that you don’t know to major supporting actor. D list to B list. Which means you get a lot more poon.
Does the spurting puss feature in the video?