Recent content by Atri

I'm so relieved by everyone's posts! It's great to hear all these different takes on how to understand and get along with metamours, or how to just let them be who they are regardless of if that's friendship material or not. In my own experience, my metamour and I are friendly, but nothing...

I began thinking about the role of polyamorous partners in childbearing because one of my close friends recently just had a child of her own. Listening to her and her partner talk about the intimacy of giving birth, from holding her in different positions during labor, to both of them laying in...

Haha, I definitely agree, Phy. I was just wondering for the people that have experienced that. My gf's partner doesn't care if she dates me, but would not let her be poly with other men. I haven't discussed this with him, as our friendship is still relatively young, as well. But I'm wondering...

I would say, simply based on the fact that Dion has threatened to withhold your relationship, there is evidence that he is being emotionally abusive. It's not that he's a bad person, or that he can't be a loving, wonderful, kind man, but that he's learned the way to deal with his feelings is to...

I know you're keeping the thread focused on one particular question, but it got me thinking about one I've been mulling over for a while and it seemed to fit: Why do some mono guys see no threat in their female partner dating another woman? One conclusion I've come to is that men feel no...

So, I'm new here, and I'm new to polyamory, hooooray! I identify as a lesbian (with the occasional interest in men) and I've been dating my poly partner for about 6 months now. So far everything has been pretty amazing in our relationship, but I have been thinking a lot about how functional a...