This guest column is by Jenny Ford. Polyamory ain’t all beer and skittles. Like your hand, it has two sides, and they can’t be separated. For every wonderful advantage to being polyamorous, there is a corresponding down side, and some of them are mighty difficult to anticipate. Jealousy, time management, communication and boundaries are the…
Month: December 2007
PolyWorks Fund Logo Contest
The PolyWorks Fund Charity is really taking shape and we’re in the process of starting the site now. We know that the polyamory community is full of talented, creative people and so, we’re going to ask for a little help and ask for a logo donation. We need an original logo for the org that…
Online Support
A lot of poly people turn to online groups for support in their poly lives. As one of the co-founders of one such group, do I think they’re a good thing? Of course! Thing is, it’s a good idea to understand the limits of what an online support group is good for and what it’s…
But I NEED You!
I’ve been in sexual relationships for over twenty years as well as having made a study of them in the last seven. The more I study, the more I see that many problems in relationships seem to be problems of dependence and commodifying a partner. Dependence comes in many forms — emotional, physical, financial. If…
I Hope We Never Need It
Poly relationships have no legal recognition or protection. Yeah, yeah, I know, tell you guys something you don’t know. This doesn’t mean you should be an idiot if you decide to move in with your loves. Several years ago, one of my partners and I transcribed (with permission) a sample property sharing contract written for…