So, it’s been a bit since I’ve posted, so to refresh, people will remember that my husband (Adam) and I (Liam) started our poly journey last fall. It was originally thought that just Adam would date outside, but in the end we agreed to more of a throuple situation with a guy Adam met (Braden). After a couple months, that situation crashed and burned badly. No need to rehash that.
We regrouped and kind of just went back to just us, at least from a dating and relationship standpoint. Then, one of Adam’s coworkers (Ethan, who is bi and has a girlfriend, who we know well and is well aware he is bi and poly), who we hung out with socially on a regular basis asked me on a date. Date went well, dating continued. Now, a couple months later, I effectively consider him my boyfriend. In the meantime, Adam started dating another guy we hang out with socially (Dave). Dave and I get along great and Ethan’s GF (Simone) and I get along great. I have no meta issues. Simone travels for work frequently, so Ethan and I spend a couple nights a week at their place when she’s on the road. And usually Adam and Dave are able to work out the same schedule so they can spend the night together at our place. Seems too good to be true. Lol.
Well, it seems that Adam and Ethan (coworkers) aren’t having as easy a time sharing me as I am them. Last week during a social get-together, Ethan was practically completely silent and seemed testy and snappy the whole night. And I overheard a work conference call the next day where Adam was quite rude to Ethan. I brought it up to Ethan and he said that he’s having trouble with sharing me (even though Simone and I are sharing him).
I don’t want this to impact either one of their professional life and I also don’t want it to impact any of our social life. But I’m certainly not leaving my husband of 11 years (16 together) to appease Ethan (which in fairness, he certainly never suggested). But I’m more interested in KTP than parallel poly. I know this has been long, but I just wanted to get thoughts from those more experienced than me. Thoughts?
Thank you very much, in advance.
We regrouped and kind of just went back to just us, at least from a dating and relationship standpoint. Then, one of Adam’s coworkers (Ethan, who is bi and has a girlfriend, who we know well and is well aware he is bi and poly), who we hung out with socially on a regular basis asked me on a date. Date went well, dating continued. Now, a couple months later, I effectively consider him my boyfriend. In the meantime, Adam started dating another guy we hang out with socially (Dave). Dave and I get along great and Ethan’s GF (Simone) and I get along great. I have no meta issues. Simone travels for work frequently, so Ethan and I spend a couple nights a week at their place when she’s on the road. And usually Adam and Dave are able to work out the same schedule so they can spend the night together at our place. Seems too good to be true. Lol.
Well, it seems that Adam and Ethan (coworkers) aren’t having as easy a time sharing me as I am them. Last week during a social get-together, Ethan was practically completely silent and seemed testy and snappy the whole night. And I overheard a work conference call the next day where Adam was quite rude to Ethan. I brought it up to Ethan and he said that he’s having trouble with sharing me (even though Simone and I are sharing him).
I don’t want this to impact either one of their professional life and I also don’t want it to impact any of our social life. But I’m certainly not leaving my husband of 11 years (16 together) to appease Ethan (which in fairness, he certainly never suggested). But I’m more interested in KTP than parallel poly. I know this has been long, but I just wanted to get thoughts from those more experienced than me. Thoughts?
Thank you very much, in advance.