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Hi anadybella - and welcome to the Forum! We will look forward to hearing more of your story -and please don't hesitate to join in the conversation with any thoughts and questions that you may have. You didn't say how familiar that you are with polyamory - but if you are would like more info...

Hi Mark - and welcome to the Forum! I see that you've already received a few solid responses already. There are definitely shades of gray within the realm of Consensual Non-Monogamy (CNM) - and individual circumstances can't always be readily pigeon-holed. Polyamory is generally defined along...

Hi Clinton - and welcome to the Forum! Please feel free to join in the conversation with any thoughts and questions that you may have. You might find the thread that Mags suggested as a useful place to start since it is currently active - it is absolutely packed full of great suggestions...

Also an avid nudist. :)

Multiamory.com - several months back. And I do get that many people object to Heinlein's "benevolent sexism", despite his good intentions - it was reflective of this time and place in large part, I am certain - and that particular aspect of his stories has not aged very well in the decades...

After listening to a podcast on poly and science fiction in which Robert Heinlein was the lead topic of the discussion, I wrote the following email to the presenters - as I did not feel they were fully versed on his works or his life. I thought that I would share it here as well - given that...

Hi Crafty and welcome to the Forum! We will look forward to hearing more of your story - please do not hesitate to join the discussion with any thoughts or questions that you may have. Oh, and congrats on wrapping up your degree! Al

BrokenArrow, I realize that it was pointed out to you early on in the thread that you do have every right to just say no - and refuse to modify your monogamous marital contract. And, further, since that probably won't go well, it might be better for both of you to just dissolve the contract...

Hi BrokenArrow - and a belated welcome to the Forum. I see that you have received a boatload of great advice already, and I noted that my story was mentioned along the way as well. And yeah, I can definitely relate to your tale. I too was "poly bombed" out of the blue - when my wife asked me...

Three and a half years after that first discussion, there have been changes, but our adventure in the Land of Poly continues. http://www.polyamory.com/forum/showthread.php?t=143244

Hi Everyone - I hope that everyone is surviving the Apocalypse. I haven't had many opportunities to post here recently. The Covid situation has resulted in my wife, Becky, and I both working at home (I actually have been working at home for some time, but now we both are), all while now...

I occasionally listen to some of the podcasts on multiamory.com, a very worthwhile poly podcast site - worth checking out, for those who have not already. I particularly enjoyed this podcast from a few weeks back - a collection of audio clips from "real" poly people...

Hi David, I haven't commented on this thread previously - but have followed it. Glad to hear that things are working out! Keep us updated along the way. Al

Hi alwaysready - and a belated welcome to the Forum! Please feel free to continue to join in the conversation - we will look forward to hearing more of your story. As has been summarized already, there is absolutely nothing "wrong" with what you would like to achieve in terms of a poly...

Hi Stev, and a belated welcome to the Forum! We have a good number of experienced poly folks here so who are generally friendly and helpful, so please feel free to join in the conversation. We will look forward to hearing your story. I really enjoyed your initial post - seems you already have...

. I don't really have an answer to the story I posted - just thought it might make for discussion regarding consent. :) Really good point! And I probably could have worded the story more effectively in that regard. The issue about attempting to impose rules on partners versus having...

I was reflecting on this thought - as we sit around sheltering in place. :) It did occur to me that if consent is not "permission" but an informed, voluntary consensual agreement - then I do believe that, for many, that is a necessary element for many who practice polyamory. So - my wife and...

This occurred to me as I was completing my last post. Thoughts? Dick and Jane are married and monogamous. Dick and Jane decide to be poly. Jane gets a boyfriend. Dick is ok with that, thinking it is just a casual, sexual relationship. But Jane and Boyfriend fall madly in love, and Dick is...

Perhaps, but I would suggest that defining consent - at least to one's own satisfaction - might be a necessary precursor to that debate. Whether consent is viewed as authoritarian-type permission or an informed, voluntary, and consensual relationship agreement (the latter obviously being my...

(SEASONEDpolyAgain wrote:) I can understand that perspective - and I can certainly see that point being made in RA circles, but, much like Kevin, I do not equate "consent" with "permission". I view consent as an informed, voluntary agreement - as one might view the term in relation the...