The problem over time is that the wife can't function happily with a spouse she doesn't feel emotionally connected to and relationship dysfunction arises. (tacomachristiancounseling.com)
It is, unfortunately, typical for therapists to associate non-monogamy with relationship dysfunction and individual psychopathology8 as well as suggest that relationships of this nature indicate that the primary relationship is troubled.2 However, just because we don't talk about our behaviors out in the open does not mean that they don't exist. (scienceofrelationships.com)
Directed by Charlie McDowell (son of Malcolm McDowell & Mary Steenburgen in his debut feature) and inspired by the early Spike Jonze / Charlie Kaufman collaborations, «The One I Love» explores relationship dysfunction through an intriguing, high - concept premise (that we can't really discuss here). (indiewire.com)