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    How "out" are you as poly, really? And why?

    We started out not out much at all, but the more involved we got with the poly community here, the more were were out everywhere. Not to everyone, of course. But if you didn't know me well enough to know my wife's name or that I even had a wife, then you weren't likely to know about other...
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    Being poly when primary relationship needs work

    Thanks for the thoughtful response. It's nice to hear how someone else arranges things, and it gives me some things to think about. We are both busy and work comes home with us (I work from home as a contractor and also have my own business; she often works late plus has a volunteer commitment...
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    Being poly when primary relationship needs work

    Thanks. Poly is one of the issues, though not the main one. The others have to do with some work-life balance and other parts of the relationship that have gotten somewhat off-kilter as we've both been absorbed in other things. The fertility issues certainly play into it as well, as we both...
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    Being poly when primary relationship needs work

    I am in a committed, long-term relationship. Not legally married because we can't be, but we do consider ourselves married. We've been poly from the beginning, almost 15 years ago, but neither of us have seriously dated anyone else since I broke up with my boyfriend 6 years ago. After the...
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    A request: state your gender and sexual preference/orientation

    Female, married to a woman. Bisexual, because that's how I've always labeled myself, but pansexual probably fits better as the years go by.
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    Dipping my toes in

    Hi everyone, I'm new to the forum but not new to poly. It's been a while since I've been actively poly, however, and I've lost touch with the lists I used to be on, and am looking for something new to meet that need. You sound like some good people, and I look forward to getting to know you...
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