Apr 27, 20205 minSeparation Anxiety In The Age Of CoronavirusAfter a few post-date withdrawals, I developed some tactics for working through the onslaught of difficult feelings.
Oct 30, 20194 minIs Veto Ever The Right Choice?In her research article, Anne-Laure Le Cunff defines veto as an agreement in polyamorous relationships that gives one person the power to...
Sep 6, 20194 minHow I Fell In Love With My BodySomething interesting happened to me recently… I fell in love with my body. When I was growing up I was an awkward, lanky preteen with bo...
Aug 1, 20193 minWhat Makes A Relationship Successful?My dad has a theory that a relationship can only be successful when these four elements are present
May 21, 20193 minWhat Polyamory Is NOTMany poly bloggers, myself included, have attempted to explain what polyamory really is. But many people still don't get what it's not.
Mar 26, 20194 minTo Date Or Not To Date, That Is The Question: The “No Dating Friends” Rule in PolyamoryThe topic of dating friends has come up quite a bit for me recently. In fact, it surfaced multiple times just in the last week in convers...
Mar 20, 20193 min5 Ways Open Marriage Has Positively Affected Our ChildrenWhen my husband and I decided to open up our marriage our kids were about 4 and 6 years old. I was worried about how our lifestyle would ...
Feb 8, 20193 minA Night to Remember: #ThunderFromDownUnder With My Partner's Other PartnersLast Tuesday night was officially the funnest night of 2019! I went to see the Thunder From Down Under show with my partner's other femal...
Jan 8, 20193 minAre there personality traits that are more common among people in polyamorous relationships?Lately I’ve been crossing paths with quite a few polyamorous people as more and more friends have been coming out as poly and introducing...
Dec 19, 20185 minWe have a choice: monogamy is not the only option...A story about how I stopped following societal norms While growing up, I was constantly reminded of what an ideal relationship should ...
Dec 13, 20183 minIs it possible to be polyamorous and have an anxious attachment style?According to WIkipedia, attachment theory was primarily studied in the context of children and parents in the 1960s and 1970s. In the lat...
Nov 26, 20182 minYour Partner's Other Partner: Friend or Foe?There is a great side-benefit to having multiple romantic partners: you might make new friends with your partners' other partners (also c...
Nov 9, 20184 minLet's talk about balance in (polyamorous) relationshipsWhen we decided to open our marriage my husband started dating someone almost right away. For a while I had a crush on a guy that I could...
Nov 6, 20183 min"Aren't you just a glorified cheater?" and other reactions to polyamoryThere were a few moments in the past few months when I have felt judged by people who found out I was polyamorous. It felt strangely fami...
Oct 30, 20183 minRules, agreements, and boundaries in polyamorous relationshipsThere is a lot written about rules and boundaries in polyamory and open relationships. Some authors strongly recommend having relationshi...
Oct 29, 20183 minWhat is polyamory?According to Wikipedia, polyamory is the practice of, or desire for, intimate relationships with more than one partner, with the consent ...
Oct 26, 20183 minIs jealousy a real feeling?In the past year I made an interesting discovery: jealousy isn't a real feeling. Jealousy is an emotional flag that points to an underlyi...
Oct 24, 20183 minMissing the butterflies: or how we opened up our marriageIt was our 8th marriage anniversary. We left the kids with the babysitter and went out for dinner at a nice restaurant on University - a ...