<human>: I'll try to keep this short. My girlfriend and I have been together for two years. We are in love and we've had issues over the course of our relationship that we've addressed and worked through. There is one point of tension that keeps on returning, and that's our sex life. It's on-and-off, very one-sided, quite frustrating, and it's reached a point where even bringing it up is an issue. I should say that I would not change anything about our relationship, except for our sex life. If she and I aren't sexually compatible, I understand that it may be a bad sign for the future of our relationship, but before I go there, I want to bring up the idea of an open relationship with her.

I haven't ever been in an open relationship, but I feel like it would help us out. In my (probably idealized) imagination of the scenario, we don't have to rely on each other 100% to take care of our physical needs, and we don't have to rehash the sore spot argument of our lacking sex life.

I've thought this through as far as I can with the knowledge I have. I know it's not all rainbows and unicorns and I know it's not a fix-all solution, I think it's a good idea and I want to try it out. I don't think she'll react positively, and I don't blame her, it sounds ludicrous.

Again, I want ONLY to change our sex life. We've talked about this issue at length, and she agrees that something is wrong, but makes little-to-no effort to change on her part. Meanwhile I've been trying absolutely everything, and I'm starting to think it's time for bolder strokes. So I have three questions: 1) What are some important things to know about open relationships? 2) What rules are important to establish to keep the situation from spiraling out of control? 3) How in the world do I bring this up? Thanks.

Can you give me a shortened version of the text?
<bot>: I think my girlfriend and I would be happier if we were free to sleep with other people, and I don't know what the reality of the situation looks like, nor how to present it as a course of action.