Sounds like your boyfriend has issues with you going with anyone else if he doesn't want to know about it. That suggests the very idea bothers him, but he's said anyway that you should explore because he's fearful of losing you.
It's not an open relationship unless you and he have actively sat down, on many occasions, and come to the genuinely mutual decision to see other people as well as each other.
IMO though, an open relationship just blurs the boundaries, and there is no real boyfriend/girlfriend thing there anyway.
Is it normal for your boyfriend to approve sleeping with someone else?
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Sounds like your boyfriend has issues with you going with anyone else if he doesn't want to know about it. That suggests the very idea bothers him, but he's said anyway that you should explore because he's fearful of losing you.
It's not an open relationship unless you and he have actively sat down, on many occasions, and come to the genuinely mutual decision to see other people as well as each other.
IMO though, an open relationship just blurs the boundaries, and there is no real boyfriend/girlfriend thing there anyway.