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    The Notebook of JaneQSmythe

    Poly/Mono - this one is easy - I'm poly. Whether I am in one relationship, no relationships, or multiple relationships - I was poly before that word was accepted in the common lexicon - I was poly before I had romantic feelings for anyone - I was poly before I had sex - I realized I was poly...
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    The Notebook of JaneQSmythe

    Observations of myself: Cis/Trans - my gender-assigned-at-birth and my gender-identity match, so I am a cis-female - my gender-identity is not particularly important to me and feels more like an accident of biology * I am fine with the body I live in, it's mine, I use it to enjoy certain...
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    The Notebook of JaneQSmythe

    I know I have pondered on this before...but, in updating my sig I am, yet AGAIN, contemplating labels - not because labels themselves are important (I think that they are just short-hand - if it comes into play IRL then an actual conversation has to happen) but because I think that contemplating...
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    Living Truthfully Within

    Yay!!! HAPPYYY!!! So glad to here that things are coming together for you so well! JaneQ
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    Contextual Glossary, focus on closed polyamory

    I was in a decade long MFM Vee (the boys were straight and not sexually involved with each other - but would sometimes be sexual with me at the same time, as well as one-on-one with me). We were open in that they were free to seek other women, but so was I (I am bisexual) - but mostly it was...
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    The Notebook of JaneQSmythe

    Due to early adolescent experiences ... I have always been afraid of partners "catching the feels" excessively - so I had a "Rule" about never sleeping with (having sex with) the same person more than 3 times (which meant 2 times - since I would always want to keep one in "reserve" - in case of...
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    The Notebook of JaneQSmythe

    Well...THAT was fun while it lasted (3 months)... MrClean found himself a new love-interest, so we are on hiatus. I'm not convinced that it is a perfect match...HE has already identified two "red flags" - 1.) She has only been separated from her husband of 20 years for 2.5 months, and 2.) the...
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    Hello

    Hello and Welcome! You're doing just fine in the Introducing Yourself department. You can feel free to go as deep as you want into things here - we tend to be a pretty loquatious lot, so long posts are not generally a problem - occasionally people run up against the 10,000 word limit per post...
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    FMF v. MFM disparity?

    So, as a polywoman who is a fan of threesomes/group sex (of all varieties but also specifically MFM) - to me? It feels absolutely awesome!. I feel like the sexiest woman on the fucking PLANET! (It's like a treat, a birthday favor - I wouldn't want it to be the ONLY sex I get, I like 1:1 as...
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    Married couple from B.C

    copy and paste: (Yes, I have posted this before!) Hello, attractive couple! Welcome to polyamory.com - I hope you find a lot of useful info here. Since no one else (except TX - Hi!!!) has been by to comment, I should probably let you know that what it appears you are looking for (a single...
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    Needing help with a poly marriage

    This. During my relationship with Ex-Dude MrS would get agitated when Ex-Dude and I would argue - which, TBH, was a frequent occurance - we are both argumentative people, MrS is not. (My mother had the same issue when Dad and I would argue, we thought we were having a "discussion" and she...
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    The Notebook of JaneQSmythe

    So, curiously enough, me, MrS, and MrClean were all present at a solemn social gathering a day or two ago. As part of a text interchange after that MrClean says,"I feel awkward in public not in a terrible way...At all. I think you might too..." My response: "Ah. I don't think that I feel...
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    Does marriage affect autonomy in Polyamory?

    I wrote about how MrS and I came to be married despite differing views in Journey Blog here: Marriage Discussion Coming up on 26 years later - meh, I wouldn't do it again. Don't get me wrong - IF I was going to be married, then MrS is definitely the person I would choose to be married to! But...
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    Honesty & Communication

    Ultimately, you are only responsible for your own behaviour - you cannot control what other people do. However, you do get to decide whether you continue to participate in a relationship (of whatever degree) with someone who is not behaving it what you feel is an unethical manner. People may...
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    Mourning my lost relationships & looking forward

    I'm glad to hear that you are feeling better! I am just getting over my first (documented) case of Covid. Vaxxed and Boosted it was mostly a head cold although I am still feeling a bit run down. MrS tested positive but didn't develop any symptoms. MrClean, who I had seen 3 days prior...
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    Needing help with a poly marriage

    [snip] I would hold onto it for therapy. A lot of this is about Robert, but this is written to your wife, NOT to Robert. I would recommend sticking to her and her behaviors. You have withdrawn consent to participate in an open/poly arrangement. If she has agreed to stop, but continued anyway...
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    Solo Poly Mid TN

    I think that I may understand some pieces of this. My Ex-Dude would say that he only wanted to date Happily Married Women. They already knew how to be in a relationship and it seemed less likely they would want to ride the relationship escalator further than he wanted to go. Since you know...
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    first solo trip w/ boyfriend

    Glad to here that the convo went well! My first solo vacation with Dude was Burning Man - and that was 6 years in (and MrS had no interest in going). That was intense for other reasons. MrS and I travel together and we 3 travelled together. I have also had platonic friend vacations, as has...
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    Trans female looking for advice.

    This is a common discussion on both the Poly and the (female) Bisexual boards (lesbians won't date us because we interact with penises voluntarily (at times - and many of us have interacted with penises involuntarily at times - rape is, unfortunately, such a common occurance that MANY of us...
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    The Notebook of JaneQSmythe

    Just a quick post to reference a post I just made in another thread that recaps MrS's "Epiphany" in case I want to reference it later: "Epiphany" Recap PS. I didn't have any sort of discussion with MrClean about what makes him uncomfortable in public or in front of MrS - I didn't even take a...
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