Will Smith is all about honesty—not only with his wife of 11
years, but also apparently with celebrity reporters about said wife. He
recently opened up to the UK
magazine NOW about the possibility that he and Jada Pinkett Smith will engage in an open marriage.
Will says one of the keys to the happiness and mutual
devotion of his long marriage is complete transparency. “I’m not going to say
anything to my buddies that’s any different than what I say to my wife,” he
said, which means that he has no problem admitting to Jada when he feels
attracted to other women. “Our perspective is, you don’t avoid what’s natural and
you’re going to be attracted to people,” he said.
For now, neither Will or Jada has acted on these “natural”
impulses, but if either of them wanted to sleep
with someone else, they would seek the other's approval first. Perhaps this openness is part of the reason that neither has felt
what Will called the “need” to sleep around. When an affair is no longer taboo,
but rather a possible reality to be carefully considered, it loses some of its
appeal.
What do you married and partnered folks think? Is it better to keep
fleeting attractions to yourself, so as to avoid making your partner jealous,
or better to be open about your extramarital desires?
Photo: People
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