What Those in Healthy, Happy Open Relationships Know That You Don't
This is eighth in a series of interviews of everyday people who are living a poly lifestyle (either polyamorous or polysexual), from their individual perspectives. They were each given a series of questions, and asked to pick several questions that they would like to answer from their personal experience. This eighth interview is of a…
Cheers Sexy People! I’m having one of those introspective days… you know, the kind where you wonder if you have any affect on anything that happens in your life at all? Are we all just running around thinking that we have control over our lives but we really have none? Or are we really steering…
I am honored that last week’s blog post, Negotiations and Finding Your Core Values was recently highlighted again as a featured article on the informative and interesting blog Threesomes and Variations. This article initiated more great conversations and shared insights on the subject of navigating boundaries and negotiations in polyamorous relationships (or any relationship for…
Cheers Sexy People! Last week, I contemplated how rules, boundaries and negotiations work in polyamorous relationships, and pondered how we find common ground and figure out how to better understand each other while still honoring our own needs and desires at the same time. Once again, this can be challenging in a monogamous relationship, but…
I am honored that last week’s blog post, Polyamory Without Rules = Chaos? was recently highlighted as a featured article on the informative and interesting blog Threesomes and Variations. This article initiated some great conversations and shared insights on the subject of navigating boundaries and negotiations in polyamorous relationships (or any relationship for that matter).…
Cheers Sexy People! I have been thinking a lot lately about rules, boundaries and negotiations in polyamorous relationships. A poly friend of mine once said to me, to him freedom feels more loving than rules. And to a certain extent, I agree with him. But if there are no rules at all, is that just…
Cheers Sexy People! I have been waiting for the right moment to share what I have learned about the concept and teachings of Nonviolent Communication as described by Marshall Rosenberg. Given how my last two weeks have been, now is the time, my dear friends. This is really powerful stuff, and it’s another bit of…
Cheers Sexy People! Even though I write this blog doling out any insights I find, and do oodles of research on polyamory / ethical non-monogamy, communication, relationships, etc, sometimes I fuck up anyway. I view trying to live an ethically non-monogamous life, juggling more than one relationship, and doing my best to live a purposeful,…
Cheers Sexy People! Do you think that you could handle someone that you are romantically involved with (lover, partner, spouse) going out on an overnite date with his ex-girlfriend? How about if the date was an all weekend excursion or vacation, with adorable pictures of them together showing up on Facebook? Would you want to…
Cheers Sexy People! Ahhh relationship breakups… they can be truly horrible, sad and even debilitating at times – yes even when we are involved in having multiple relationships at once as us polyamorous folk are wont to do. Last week marks a year since my former metamour broke up with my boyfriend. The moment I…