Recent content by JanetDammit

To start with, I'm approaching 60 and just 3 years ago, an event triggered my memories of an incident of sexual abuse when I was 12 by an older brother who I had always admired. I've been married for over 30 years to a lovely man who put up with long, long stretches without any sexual or even...

Wow, you guys/gals don't talk like I expected poly people to talk. I really appreciate you being advocates for me standing up for myself. I guess that is a poly trait. But you haven't called me out on my jealously - I expected that. :)

Thanks for all of the insights. To Galagirl: Quote: I said: At the beginning of this whole poly thing, they had agreed that if I wasn't good with their relationship, I had veto power to shut it down. Galagirl said: And you agreed to this? Was this a 3 person yes, or this role being foisted on...

There is a lot of backstory to this that I feel is relevant to my situation, so this is going to be very long. I am the wife. We've been in a mono married relationship over 30 years but much of it was platonic. (We hadn't had sex in about 15 yrs.) Although Brad has always loved me and been very...