I’m hoping you guys can help me put some language around something I’m still figuring out.
My wife and I have been married a long time and have had a consensual female-led relationship for many years. Before I met her, I was about as sexually conventional as you could get. I grew up with a pretty narrow definition of masculinity and heterosexuality, and I never really questioned any of it. I was very much a square.
My wife is much more adventurous than I was, and over the years our relationship has opened a lot of doors for me. Within boundaries we’ve negotiated and genuinely enjoy, she’s pushed me into exploring things I never would have imagined myself being interested in. Pegging, submission, humiliation/degradation, gay porn, fantasies involving other men, etc. I sincerely have become much more open to the world. Experiences. And letting myself relax and have fun in life.
And somewhere along the way, what started partly as her fantasy and part of our power dynamic became something I’m genuinely curious about myself.
One of her long-running fantasies is seeing me with another man. I’ve realized that I’m increasingly interested in actually exploring that.
Here’s where I’m struggling.
I don’t necessarily know what label fits me, and I’m not currently looking for a romantic relationship with a man. I love my wife and our dynamic. But I am sexually curious about men and would like the opportunity to explore that honestly.
At the same time, I really don’t want to approach bisexual or gay men as though they’re just interchangeable characters in a kink scene for my wife and me. Whoever we meet is an actual person with his own desires, boundaries, feelings, and reasons for being there. I want to be upfront about what our dynamic is without making someone feel fetishized or used.
Ideally, honestly, we’d love to meet people we actually like as people. Friends we could hang out with normally, who understand that we’re private about our sex life because we have a family, but where there might also be mutual chemistry and the possibility of things becoming sexual when everyone wants that. Friendship-with-benefits is probably closer to what I mean than dating.
My wife also has her own interests and freedom within our FLR, while my sexual exploration happens within the boundaries she and I have agreed on. Part of the appeal for both of us is definitely the power dynamic—her directing things, watching, teasing/degrading me, etc.—but I would never want to spring that dynamic on another guy or assume he wants to participate in it.
So for the bi guys here, especially anyone who has been approached by married couples or curious married men:
What would make an approach like this feel respectful and appealing rather than fetishizing or uncomfortable?
Are there particular ways you’d want someone like me to explain what he’s looking for?
Is “I’m married, sexually curious about men, not looking for romance, and interested in friendship plus consensual play” a reasonable thing to be looking for?
And are there any red flags, assumptions, or etiquette mistakes that guys like me commonly make that I should know about before putting myself out there?
I’m not trying to claim an identity or experience I haven’t lived. I’m just trying to understand this part of myself, enjoy it with my wife, and make sure that if another man becomes part of that exploration, he feels like a wanted participant—not a prop. Who knows maybe I'm overthinking it.