I’m 42 and in a long term open relationship with a girl 14 years younger. The relationship is growing stronger every year, we have a solid feminine/masculine balance, a great connection, and I feel loved and respected.
Since my late 20’s i’ve researched and followed TRP/Seduction/Masculinity topics. I worked hard on my confidence, had plenty of fun, many sexual partners and feel like I achieved my goals.
I feel happier and more satisfied than ever in this relationship.. but I just can’t shake the feeling that I am getting too comfortable and using it as an excuse not to push myself to grow further.
I have the option to see other girls of course, but I don’t always make the effort to do so. I’m always aware of the time and energy it takes which I would rather use somewhere else.
Is that an excuse? Or is it a maturity?
On one hand, I am aware that I am getting older and will not get the same quality of girls forever. It’s short term pleasure seducing new girls but it makes me feel alive, and pushes me to continue to face fears.
On the other hand, the relationship I have is genuinely great and I feel happier than ever. If I focus on it more it could be even more rewarding on a long term and deeper level.
TLDR; I am in a happy open relationship. Should I focus on that more or continue to play the field?

Bulba 3y ago
It’s not true that the quality of girls will decrease as you get older. If you’re serious about increasing your money and status you’ll have an abundance of hot women in your life basically until the day you die.
colaclouds 3y ago
You're right... thanks for the reminder
Skev77 3y ago
When u say that I literally imagined Hugh Hefner.
tenfour 3y ago
I think maturity often might be correlated with decreasing T, but is it a cause?
Saturation with happiness and achieved goals [having it all] might be one of the causes why top people are often accused of being pedos, are they looking for new challenges?
Would she drop everything and go with you to live on sparely populated small island? Would she put on a hijab? I know these q are taking it far, but what are the answers. How do you like theoretical answers.
Sounds you want to answer yourself a question, what do I want now - now that I feel fulfilled [except marriage and baby].
Did you hide / secure assets.
colaclouds 3y ago
Yes to the island, no to the hijab... she has her own mind and ambitions, which I like. The dread is strong, I know she won't get better than me, but I am fine with letting her go if it's just my turn.
That is a good question to ask... I am not quite sure what I want now. Keep pushing for more, enjoy what I have or something in between?
wswZtyqNGQ 3y ago
If you consider dread as a necessity--which you should--then keeping up options is non-optional maintenance. Consider rewording your complaint here about diet, exercise, or limiting your drinking. Your response should be obvious and immediate. (But exercise takes so much time and energy! I don't feel like doing it! Why can't I just ignore the damage being a slob and eating Cheetos will cause! Waaaaaah!)
colaclouds 3y ago
Yes, dread is essential... but we don't share details of our open relationship. Tiny hints and silence to probing questions are enough to keep the dread up.
Good point, but what if it's a choice between them - Spend this afternoon chasing girls, or work on my business?
Go to the gym or use that energy dating?
Yes, sometimes you can combine the two, but the fact is that spending energy on girls takes it away from something else.
mattyanon Admin 3y ago
You're probably right.
It's laziness.
This relationship will end. How long have you been seeing each other?
colaclouds 3y ago
There are things in my life I want to focus more on. I want to improve my fitness even more, and grow my business further, get more property...
Historically I know that the more I chase girls, the less I get done elsewhere.
Usually I am good at spotting the "excuses to myself", but with this situation I can't quite see it clearly.
About 7 years. When relationships end I move on quickly and look forward.
whytehorse2021 3y ago
I'm in the late stages of a long, happy marriage. 5 years older than you. The next stage in life for men, after finding a suitable woman and getting your finances handled, is to work on their legacy(kids). After you've done that you reach a level of maturity where it's fun to have a new pussy once in a while but you have your main one. If you learn red pill and apply it your main woman will keep your balls drained and it's not even worth the $30 to go fuck a whore, let alone the pain in the ass of dating.
After the kids grow up your main woman will retire from motherhood and her SMV will plummet to zero, she'll hit menopause, and it's basically over in terms of sex. I plan on letting my wife go do her charity stuff and take care of her parents while I take on a 2nd wife. Some time down the road her parents will die and we'll be the grand parents getting taken care of by my new wife and our kids. I've thought a lot about this and decided that it would be best to get one of those retired hoe leftover women in their 30s from a country that has good divorce laws. She'll be good at sex and not want kids but be grateful to have a husband. By the time I'm 70 she'll be at that plummeting SMV and menopause stage and then I can die :).
tenfour 3y ago
fuck that's a LTP [plan]
colaclouds 3y ago
I feel that. I have been through so many scenarios and dates, that I sometimes can't find the energy to tell the same stories about my life to a stranger or find the energy to care about theirs.
You have a plan, my man
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colaclouds 3y ago
Is this lower T, more maturity, knowing more about what you actually want or something in between?
coolsocks00 1 3y ago
There's nothing wrong with focusing on other things than women when you have that aspect of your life under control (i.e. abundance mentality, maintaning good game). You should be focusing on other things.
This is when an LTR can be good, because despite it's risks it can provide stability.
Me personally I dont do mutually open LTRs. Simply dont enjoy spending lots of time with a girl that's hooking up with others. So if i were to slow down on hooking up with other girls it would either be in a closed LTR or one that's open only on my end.