<human>: Can you give me the gist of the text in a nutshell?

Because of the circumstances of our relationship me and my SO have spent a significant amount of time apart. Every time we found ourselves apart for a significant period of time we decided to enter an open relationship. Now my SO is away for ten months volunteering with Americorps and we decided on letting eachother sleep with other people while she's away.

My SO and I think that having periods of sexual openness provides a healthy perspective on our relationship. It helps us maintain a healthy sex life and keeps us from resenting one another in the process. We try to maintain a non-possessive attitude with one another, and I think that it works well.

My main question is that while I have been in open relationships before I have never asked anyone about them. What are the unspoken rules of open-relationships, and when I should check myself before I risk leading other women along? I have no anxiety about the openness, but I do wonder how to deal with women I sleep with and the awkwardness that comes with explaining my open-relationship. How can I avoid crossing the line and hurting my SO? Above all I want to respect my SO, but the conditions of an open-relationship are pretty vague so I wanted to know what reddit thought.
<bot>: I'm in an open-relationship for the next ten months and need advice on how to respect my SO and the various girls who I will be sleeping with.