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Ivo and Maris decided to participate in Temptation Island, because Maris likes to plan a future while Ivo prefers to let everything take its course. When Maris sees the images of Ivo in which he starts talking about an open relationship, she is not necessarily against it. What she does have trouble with is that the idea is discussed so openly on TV. In the latest episode, which can be seen from today, Maris even receives a video message from Ivo and Esmé asking if the three of them can go on the 24-hour date, or the dream date.

Polyamorie

In the Netherlands, 3 to 4 percent of couples have an open relationship. This is what Joost Horsten, relationship therapist specialized in polyamory and open relationships, states in his prevalence report on polyamorous in the Netherlands and Flanders. Monogamy is therefore still the norm in the Netherlands. An open relationship is certainly not for everyone, according to MAFS sexologist and psychologist Eveline Stallaart.

No doubt

“An open relationship can be very nice, but in my practice I regularly see it going wrong,” Stallaart previously told VROUW. According to Stallaart, an open relationship has the greatest chance of success if clear agreements are made in advance, if no one in the relationship is jealous and if you have absolutely no doubts about the idea of ​​an open relationship. “If you doubt even a little bit, it is doomed to fail. I would therefore recommend that you think about it carefully and for a long time and start carefully once you take the first step.”

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Miel looks at Temptation and thinks that an open relationship is quite an option.

According to Pasqualle, it is not clear to Ivo what an open relationship entails.

According to this twitterer, Ivo doesn’t talk about anything else.

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