To Mary, on your 48th birthday
CN: Sui*. Adapted from a thread at the Bad Place, originally posted July 15, 2021. Today is my friend Mary’s
CN: Sui*. Adapted from a thread at the Bad Place, originally posted July 15, 2021. Today is my friend Mary’s
I believe, pretty firmly at this point, that the foundation of a non-coercive nonmonogamous relationship has to be the ability to drop to zero-sum at any time, for any reason. That’s not just true for sexual relationships in a group, but also for metamour relationships. But more than that, the foundation of consent is a built-in exit clause for every single relationship. Not happy? Not healthy? It’s OK to leave.
This is a post written by my friend Shea Emma Fett on her personal blog on January 16,2015. She has given me
There’s this idea that’s been rolling around in my head for awhile. I call it “bees in the closet.” You live
CN: Sexual exploitation of a minor. I recently had an epiphany about my first kiss. The “official” story of my
Today is my wedding anniversary. My husband and I have been married for three years, together for more than thirteen. On our wedding day, we’d been living polyamorously for two years. His two partners—and their partners—attended our wedding. So today seems like a good day to talk about why someone who’s polyamorous might choose to get married.
This is the tattoo I got on my left shoulder two years ago this week. It’s a quote from V for Vendetta, by Alan Moore:
But it was my integrity that was important. Is that so selfish? It sells for so little, but it’s all we have left in this place. It is the very last inch of us. But within that inch we are free…
So I think my internal storyteller deserves a Pulizter Prize. A remarkable thing happened with A: I discovered that giving him
If you’re poly, you’ve heard this story a million times before. S is polyamorous. At least he says he is—and having