Non-monogamy is an inherently challenging relationship style, and not just because of the things many…
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Consensual non-monogamy continues to trend in the mainstream media. Since Swingset began, we have been…
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the difficulties of being a third and…
So I’m working this (pretty-much) full-time job; and I’m doing my Bachelor of Arts degree…
Wikipedia defines compersion as: an empathetic state of happiness and joy experienced when another individual…
Dating is complicated when you already have multiple partners. People have this vision of poly people as having a free-wheeling lifestyle where they date anybody they choose and pick up new partners at the drop of a hat. I’m sure some poly people do that, but it seems to be rare. My experience is that dating people in stable poly relationships is more like dating someone in a traditional Greek or Italian family — all the extended family has to meet you and gets a say in whether the relationship is a good idea.