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Physical attributes aside, what would you bring to a relationship? (Not expecting you to answer here but just a question for you to perhaps consider yourself) Gender affirming surgery can certainly improve self esteem; I hope your therapy helps and you continue to feel better about yourself...

I passed my licence and it's great to be able to share the driving again. Ocean is very pleased about that. There was a bit of a kerfuffle on the day of the test itself. My driving teacher who was meant to meet me so I could drive across town to the test in the driving school car, and use that...

You mention verbal assault, and silent treatment. It's concerning that your wife seems to not communicate with you respectfully. And perhaps you both don't communicate that well overall, as well. Healthy poly relationships are built on good communication. Where there's a lack of this, or -...

Lol @ D&D. I was thinking of you recently, @BrokenArrow - thanks for the update. It sounds like things have settled and it will be interesting to see how things develop with Spitfire.

Hmm, it's been five months. Lobe, Ocean and I managed a meeting about household stuff, made a list of tasks, it's up on the wall, and we'll catch up again on it. A few items chipped away already. The biggest frustration right now is unwanted mice in the house. We've tried various methods and...

Haha my brain went to a really weird place with this one! It took me wayyyy longer than it should have to realise that these were a montage of photos from your whole relationship rather than pics from a one big anniversary day out. I was impressed by how many costume changes you both went...

Oh, peppercorn rent to the nonprofits should cause no problems! I imagine any board would be happy to approve that ;) it's more like a donation really. The only question would be then be perhaps around any capital improvements to the space that is done with grants / donations that may have...

Y'know I think your concern is spot on. I like the cheekiness of the halo & devil's tail but if I just saw that with the infinity symbol I would probably read it as more of a sex/fetish understanding of poly rather than someone necessarily into the ethical & -amory stuff. That said, if your...

Also those charcuterie boards are hella decadent, very nice!

Hey @Bluebird I might have missed this but I would imagine your nonprofits would have their own board/s of governance who would need to approve the rent of the space/s from your LLC? I'm guessing you've run all this by someone in your state but I know in some places you would need to be careful...

Lol @ "Hello, attractive couple" I wonder how often couples change their outlook after reading that article. It is a good article but is it convincing from the perspective of a couple starting out with hot bi babe dreams? I'm already converted (or, really, I was never into that anyway; my poly...

Is there a requirement for you to be involved? Your wife might find luck with a MM couple if both are bi

@JaneQSmythe I am so sorry you and MrS went through that horrific experience with Dude. My god :( It's lovely to have you back on here and I hope you both continue to heal x

My first piece of advice would be to see if you can utterly separate the development of any relationship with Jane from the development of a relationship between John and your girlfriend. How your girlfriend feels about John will impact the practical issues in terms of couples hanging out etc...

I am thinking on your intention of being open instead of cheating. I would say that's a kind of "ethical non-monogamy" - and yeah, you might manage to negotiate an open relationship along those lines. (With a different person!) I agree with Marcus and others that what you're describing is more...

Further to @GalaGirl's comment about exploring what you mean by keeping your relationship as the 'core' relationship, it could help to identify what specific commitments you may have with your husband. It could be simple ones like date nights, or rituals you both value. It could be commitments...

I was hoping we'd get pics! Gorgeous, @Bluebird

Lobe's fortnightly time outs have been going sort-of ok. The challenge is that he's trying not to take up much space, so instead of after work on Friday as we agreed he's been trying to take some down time at work if it's quiet. One week his downtime was contained during daytime hours but this...

Hey @perpetually.concerned thanks for sharing your story here. It gives way more context to your other post about not being able to let go your concerns about potential abuse. Holy heck, that first meeting (including his wife) would have been intense in particular. You have such good memories...

He's asked you not to contact him anymore. You should respect that. What struck me through your post was the lack of boundaries. You don't need to know (and we don't need) to know the ins and outs of Paul and Claire's counselling sessions, for example. Sure, Paul may have been a sloppy hinge...