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A little update: I did a lot of thinking about this yesterday and wrote my feelings out about how and why the name Baby felt special to me, and how sad I felt to lose it as his moniker for me. I shared my feelings with M and asked him last night if he would consider keeping that name for me...

Thank you Tinwen, that's actually pretty incredible advice. <3

All of the above LOL! He's sort of the quintessential bachelor... never married, has had a string of girlfriends throughout his life. His longest relationship lasted 6 years. I'm 15 years his junior and my longest relationship (with my son's father) lasted twice as long. He's really into looking...

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Thank you both for your replies! I think I will revert back to being called Baby. When I was feeling very upset about it, hearing it felt a bit like cheese graters on my eardrums. But I'm realizing that the pain I have been feeling in not being called that continues to bother me, while the...

Hi all, I'm relatively new. I've updated my signature to show the people this post will be talking about for reference. I am new to poly, and have been dating a poly man for 6 months. I struggle a lot with this, because I think I may be monoamorous, or I at least have a preference for that...

Thank you for the welcome, Al and Iridescent! Iridescent: Yes, the pool of poly people is certainly much smaller than non-poly folks. It's somewhat rural where I am, and there are less prospects for actual polyamorous relationships here than there seem to be in southern Maine, where my...

Hi everyone. I'm 33, and was in a monogamous relationship with the man who is also my 7-year-old son's father for almost 12 years (we never married, but were engaged for most of the relationship.) That ended amicably early last year, and I began to date again casually last summer. At that time...