{"id":521661,"date":"2026-07-12T01:10:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T01:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/521661\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T01:10:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T01:10:11","slug":"love-actually-at-31-a-sexually-non-exclusive-couple-who-cant-agree-on-having-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/521661\/","title":{"rendered":"Love, actually, at 31: A \u2018sexually non-exclusive\u2019 couple who can\u2019t agree on having kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018I would feel terrible bringing kids into this world, but she thinks I would make a good dad.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Want to be part of Love, actually? <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfZw585WmHaW64KRVGddnwbGm_iRA6LEehanYlzXN9Woook0w\/viewform?usp=header\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Fill out the questionnaire here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Age:\u00a031<\/p>\n<p>Gender:\u00a0Male<\/p>\n<p>Sexuality:\u00a0Bisexual<\/p>\n<p>Ethnicity:\u00a0Other<\/p>\n<p>Religion:\u00a0Agnostic<\/p>\n<p>Occupation:\u00a0Commercial embroiderer<\/p>\n<p>Length of relationship:\u00a0Nine years<\/p>\n<p>Children:\u00a0None<\/p>\n<p>How we met:\u00a0Tinder<\/p>\n<p>The best thing about my relationship:\u00a0We\u2019re both foodies, so that gives us something to structure our dates around.<\/p>\n<p>A problem we can\u2019t seem to resolve:\u00a0If we want kids. I don\u2019t want them at all because I would feel terrible bringing kids into this world, but she thinks I would make a good dad and is more open to having kids.<\/p>\n<p>This is how we share\/separate our finances:\u00a0We split rent and take turns paying for meals out. I guess otherwise we\u2019re just vibe-mathing 50\/50. Our personal accounts are totally separate.<\/p>\n<p>This is how we split chores and childcare:\u00a0She takes care of cooking and cleaning, so I do things like fix our cars and anything else that breaks. I do the dishes as well. I used to cook and clean when I had a different job and came home earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Our sex life in three words:\u00a0Nothing anyone expects.<\/p>\n<p>The thing that makes me a good partner:\u00a0If my partner is feeling down, I\u2019ll do little things to help them feel better.<\/p>\n<p>The thing I need to work on to be a better partner:\u00a0Being home more than I am.<\/p>\n<p>What I most appreciate in my partner:\u00a0She\u2019s independent, and I know she can take care of herself.<\/p>\n<p>What I most resent in my relationship:\u00a0I\u2019ll have to choose between living with my partner or living close to my family.<\/p>\n<p>The thing that has changed the most about my relationship over time:\u00a0Our sex drives aren\u2019t what they used to be. We met on Tinder, so our early motivations should be self-explanatory. These days, we\u2019re generally more like an old married couple.<\/p>\n<p>It would surprise people to know this about my relationship: We\u2019re sexually non-exclusive.<\/p>\n<p>Our last big fight was about:\u00a0Me hanging out with my friends instead of fixing our broken stuff.<\/p>\n<p>If I hadn\u2019t met my partner:\u00a0I might not have broken off my last relationship. Meeting my partner gave me a reason to end a relationship that should have ended months before.<\/p>\n<p>I expect my relationship to last until:\u00a0One of us dies, I guess.<\/p>\n<p>My relationship advice is:\u00a0Be honest with yourself about whether you\u2019re happy in your relationship. You owe that to yourself and your partner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2018I would feel terrible bringing kids into this world, but she thinks I would make a good dad.\u2019&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":521662,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[156,210684,111,139,69,2935],"class_list":["post-521661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-love-actually-series","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-society"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=521661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/521662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=521661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=521661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=521661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}