When Two Open Marriages Collide

Published: June 30, 2021, 8 p.m.

b'What are the boundaries of an open marriage? And what are the boundaries of an open marriage when your wife\\u2019s boyfriend has an accident that puts him in a coma? Do you introduce yourself to the hospital workers as the patient\\u2019s girlfriend\\u2019s husband?\\n\\nWayne Scott and his wife, Elizabeth, have a \\u201ccreative arrangement,\\u201d as Wayne puts it in his Modern Love essay. They share the children, the cats and the mortgage, but they have permission to see other people romantically.\\n\\nOn today\\u2019s episode, we hear Wayne\\u2019s story about an accident that tested the parameters of their marriage, and we talk to Wayne and Elizabeth about how they have navigated their relationship in the years since.'