How to respond to other guys flirting with your girlfriend?

[central]

I expect loyalty and fidelity and give it in return. I don't care about a little flirting if boundaries are observed beyond that - flirting is innocent fun, to a point. I'm not interested in policing the relationship. If my wife/gf can't control herself, her boundaries, and how she interacts with other men, then we'll be finished. I will be observant, but neither paranoid nor naively trusting.

[Helivesforme]

Well if she's serious then it wouldn't be an open relationship.

[road]

Well here is an example:

 

 

Man gets into an open relationship with engaged woman

 

 

Woman places restrictions on the relationship

 

 

Man wants more

 

 

The is an example of what:

 

 

An example of how open relationships, mate sharing, what ever you want to call it usually does not work.

[TheBathWater]

Well if she's serious then it wouldn't be an open relationship.

 

That statement is only true in the dominant model of monogamy that you endorse. It is possible to be serious about more than one person.

[carhill]

How to respond to other guys flirting with your girlfriend?

 

Flirt with their girlfriend or wife. If none are available, smile. Your partner has been flirted with since she started sprouting breasts when an adolescent. She knows what to do. If she likes them more than you, well, people are replaceable. You, her, anyone.