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Hi Galagirl, Apologies for the late response. Thank you for taking the time to help address this. You are correct. John and I are a dyad, and Ted is his partner, so, parallel poly. And it's new for me. John attempted to have a similar relationship with his ex, but they had a much more separate...

Ah this makes a lot of sense. I will work to keep things more personal and recognize he doesn’t have to know what I do or why. I feel bad that what’s been said has already been put out there. Hopefully he can understand and we can move past this. Thank you for your advice ❤️

Hi, everyone. Long post warning! Thank you in advance. Here are some code names previously used for ease: Sally (me - female nesting partner/primary) John (nesting partner/hinge) Ted (John’s boyfriend) I previously posted around struggles of my reactions and John’s subsequent reactions to Ted...

Thank you. This is extremely helpful and soothing to me. I will work on advocating for myself and understanding my needs, fears, desires, and boundaries and expressing them. It’s also good to know I should allow for a little time before discussing issues or how situations made me feel, along...

Thank you so much! That’s very helpful to hear that no one is required to welcome a partner back with open arms right away and explaining re stabilizing/reconnecting time and I will definitely look into this resource. I think I realized after the fact that I would prefer him to come home alone...

Thank you very much, I am working on giving myself more grace. I’m very self critical to a fault I think and it makes me feel much better to know I don’t have to be perfect and I am allowed to make mistakes and learn from them.

Thank you very much for your advice and assurance. I am very hard on myself and it’s good to hear that I don’t need to be perfect. I think the trip was different for me as previously we had tried to make a similar connection work with his male ex. My primary was in a longer, more serious...

Hi Everyone, I need some advice, please. For background, my primary partner and I have been open/ENM for about two years now. We’ve played together with select males. My partner is bisexual so he has free rein to be with men on his own. Recently, he started seeing a guy who was a friend first...