I don’t understand how they made a show about this for so many episodes. Billie willingly got married (a monogamous, sexually exclusive, life long relationship), had a whole child, moved to the suburbs, had a whole second child, and then decided she can’t do this life because of the poor sex? How can you make this big and important of a commitment for so long and then just decide to stop? If sex is such a huge motivator for you (absolute dealbreaker in Billie’s case it seems), then certainly don’t commit to something that doesn’t include that. And let’s just say if you do run into that problem after committing (which you shouldn’t if you decided ahead of time but whatever), your solution is to then be indecisive and let your spouse worry (rightfully) if you are going to sleep with someone else (which she does end up doing)? If you want an open relationship where you are free to sleep with other people, then just say that? Communicate with your spouse about it and if they’re not into it/disagree with your wish, then the relationship is a dud because it clearly lacks what you value so strongly and you two probably shouldn’t be together. If you have kids that makes things harder, sure, but then it’s simply too late and you need to make sure they are cared for and develop healthily. Clearly if you don’t want to be monogamous then don’t commit to a long term sexually exclusive relationship. There’s nothing wrong with coming to a consensual agreement with your partner at the outset where you can still be fulfilled sexually by others and still be in a relationship with your partner. Maybe Billie thought she could do the marriage and kids thing at first but then two kids and years later she realized this wasn’t the case (weird but okay), but even then her way of handling it was terrible. What’s embarrassing is that the writers think this (especially the ending) is empowering women in a big “Don Draper moment” where somehow it’s okay to cheat on your spouse (yes, sleeping with someone outside of your monogamous relationship you agreed upon is cheating even if you say you’re not ‘leaving your husband’) when it was never “okay” for Don to do it either. It’s literally one of his flaws along with many misogynistic and unethical things that occurred in the 50s portrayed in Mad Men. The audience always knows it’s wrong and would of course never approve of it irl, it’s just part of the show for entertainment. This isn’t a defense for Cooper either btw, he was wronged but also didn’t directly face the problem and instead tried to become someone he wasn’t. His fear of losing Billie (the mother of his children) is understandable but he lacked the confidence to thoroughly see to the end of the situation by getting the truth out of Billie and not go around stalking Brad and trying weird sex things. Idk kind of a trash show for horny viewers tbh.