This podcast: http://www.thestranger.com/SavageLovePodcast/archives/2012/09/11/savage-love-episode-307 talks about coming out to your parents about being polyamorous. Dan, however, doesn’t have a lot of experience and requested those who do to write in. I suggested your blog as a great resource and I think it would be great if you directed your readers to share their insights with this…
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Candy Store Polyamory: How much is enough?
\ My ex-gf helped me discover that I’m poly, like her. We’re in a romantic friendship now, because things just feel right that way instead of a friendship or serious relationship. I also have another fromance going on, and a primary boyfriend. We communicate EVERYTHING, it’s my first relationship where my partner is as open…
Girls Can Be Creepy, Too
My current problem is this: How do I get guys to not run away screaming when they find out I’m married? At least I think that’s my problem… I’ll explain below. I come across a guy and he seems interesting, so I want to get to know him better. So I added him on. Well…
Be Yourself Just as Hard as You Can
I am new to the poly life style and am having a hard time sharing my husband of 13 years with another woman. It is something we had always talked about and thought about but now – that it is happening I am having such a hard time with jealously – and these feelings that…
Being Awesome is the Best Solution
I have been in a poly relationship for the last year and half and things are good and bad. My boyfriend is married and has children and I knew that coming into the relationship. I have been in poly relationships before and he has as well. We all set some very clear boundaries in the…
When You Make a Mistake
My partner and I have been together for a little over two years and just about a month ago we decided to pursue Polyamory. It came at a time when we were both just starting to get over a huge hump in our relationship and were feeling really good about us. But it was also…
No Seriously, I Really AM Polyamorous
I met my husband three and a half years ago. We’ve been married for a year and a half. The first two years were absolute bliss. I was dating two other people when we met, and he was very supportive of me being poly, though he expressed that he wasn’t interested in adding partners for…
Polyamory is a Lousy Relationship Band-Aid
My boyfriend and I have been together for almost three years. While may not seem like a very long time we try to spend as much time as possible together however it generally ends up just being once a week (that and the fact seeing each other is a bit expensive because of gas). With…
First, start with the self
I am a mostly-mono woman in an LDR with a poly woman who classifies herself as the “free-love hippie” type, but more and more it seems like she’s using poly as an excuse not to care about my feelings. We had discussed that casual dates with other people would be okay, but she had translated…
Can Having Children and Polyamory Mix?
One of the biggest challenges in a polyamorous person’s life is how to balance good parenting with multiple relationships. As you often hear, “Love is limitless; time is not.” But more than that, how do you handle the concept of being polyamorous in a monogamous world, and how does that mesh or clash with being…