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In case you haven’t heard, Kevin Patterson’s book on race and representation in polyamorous communities, “Love’s Not Color Blind” has just been released! I got my copy in the mail yesterday and am reading it now. Starting this thread as a place to share thoughts; if you’re reading it too, please...

So when I split up with my wife nine-ish years ago, she took almost all of our erotica collection with her. I hadn’t gotten around to replacing any of it, and now that some time has passed, and more awesome stuff may have been published... I’m feeling out of touch with the genre. For those of...

I'm wondering what people's thoughts are on the interrelationship between economic privilege and the ability to make cohabitation work. I've run into conversations in my local poly group more than once where someone has expressed a positive horror over the idea of living with more than one...

I realized today (in the shower, where I do a lot of my best thinking) that one of my needs in relationship is to be able to consciously co-create my relationship with a partner. I need to be able to engage with someone on that level, using tools like check-ins and 'state of the relationship'...

Wondering how many folks here have a long term long distance relationship as part of their polycule. How long have you maintained that connection? How often do you see your long distance partner? How emotionally close do you feel to that person as opposed to someone you can connect with...

There's something compelling about sharing (and reading) personal stories, and I feel like sharing mine with you here. I imagine that rewinding through twenty-odd years of history will take me several weeks or more, but be patient, my friends. I'll get us to the present day as quickly as may be...

Tomorrow my long distance love, RacingSnail, will be arriving for a week long visit. This will be the second time we've seen each other since we got (back)* together, the first time being two days we shared in April. I'm in such a swirl of emotion! We're in for so much this week--his first...

Hi, everyone! Sunray here. I'm 38, bi/queer cis female, poly for about 14 years, living in Western Massachusetts. Currently the hinge in a V with MonkeyMan (35/M/cis/het/poly--in a relationship with me for about 12 years, married for 10 this summer) and long distance love RacingSnail...