"No. This is typically how one partner feels when they don't have an equal voice in a relationship, when they feel that what they want doesn't matter or that the other's wants are "bigger" and for whatever reason take precedent"
Very well put, and to my point exactly.
It is very common in...
Sure,
I think that when two people who have not been polymorous before start down that road in their relationship:
About 1% of the time, the conversation goes like this
IP - Initiating Partner
OP -Other Partner
IP: Um...I'm not sure how to bring this up, but I really think that monogamy is not...
You do have a choice
"I just feel so pressured to be comfortable with it, even when I’m not! It’s like I don’t have a choice anymore…"
That is typically how one partner feels in a poly relationship, and they feel they should suppress it.
I don't think confronting your boyfriend will make...
Sevilla CRES
I think Poly is more likely about what the partner who doesn't initiate and drive the conversation can endure.
In almost all situations, one partner is the initiator of the Poly idea, and the other kinda goes along, or gets talked into it. So one person really leads it.
For Poly...
Its probably over
It sounds like your wife was initiating the poly discussion from the start, made a major escalation without giving you a real choice, and you were unhappy with it, but tried to cope best you could.
You are probably a good person, but I think the marriage is likely over...