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" There have long been rumors about whether or not Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith have an open relationship, and I know the truth! The truth is...that&amp;#x27;s their business, folks. We may never know, and that&amp;#x27;s fine. However, Jada did share her bottom line when it comes to her relationship with her husband and what she tells him he can and can&amp;#x27;t do, and it&amp;#x27;s totally fascinating: She says, &amp;quot;I&amp;#x27;ve always told Will: You can do whatever you want as long as you can look yourself in the mirror and be OK.&amp;quot; While it may sound crazy to let your partner do whatever they want (at least when it comes to, you know, other people) without consequence, her reasoning is sound. &amp;quot;Because at the end of the day, Will is his own man. I&amp;#x27;m here as his partner, but he is his own man,&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;He has to decide who he wants to be, and that&amp;#x27;s not for me to do for him. Or vice versa.&amp;quot; So interesting, right? I can&amp;#x27;t decide if it&amp;#x27;s crazy or genius. On the one hand, the idea that each person has to make their own decisions is just plain truth. You can&amp;#x27;t force someone to be what you want them to be, and the sooner you accept that, the better your relationship will be, right? On the other hand, people can have really different definitions of what constitutes acceptable behavior in a relationship, and that&amp;#x27;s OK&amp;amp;#8212;but not if you&amp;#x27;re not OK with your partner&amp;#x27;s definition. It seems like after their nearly 16-year marriage, these two have figured out what works for them, but I don&amp;#x27;t know if other couples could be so laid-back about the whole thing. Do you need strict rules of what you both can and can&amp;#x27;t do in your relationship? Or do you take an approach like Jada, that you&amp;#x27;re each your own person who decides for yourself? Are you as fascinated by her insight into their relationship as I am? Non-traditional relationship stories: *Open Relationships are the New Monogamy *True Reader Confession: &amp;quot;My Boyfriend and I Had an Open Relationship&amp;quot; *Let&amp;#x27;s Talk About Open Marriage for a Hot Second, I Guess Photo: Getty Images"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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