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I definitely agree, she should not have to have sex with me for any reason. Whenever we have conversations about this I like to stress that I don't want her to have sex with me unless she wants to. If she does it simply out of 'duty' then as Marshall Rosenberg likes to say, I will pay for it later.

Thank you all for your input, Since then a lot has happened. We talked about my current insecurity in our connection and our needs. She told me she wouldn't be physically involved with him and would only be friends, while we spend some time working on our relationship. She also told him about...

I apologize for this late emotional post, but I feel I need to channel my pain into something. I have been in a relationship for 2 years, of which 1 year has been poly. We live together. Over the last 4 or 5 months everything intimate has gone down hill. (We are in our early to mid 20's)...

Thank you BlueDragonfly, In the future I would like to do a series of paintings with a theme of non-monogamy.

Yeah you should check out sorolla and possibly sargents landscapes.

@kyle Thanks I really like Impressionism too, most of my favorite painters were heavily influenced by the movement but not apart of it themselves. (John singer Sargent, sorolla, Repin).

Thanks Gala, Our current agreement involves: Us being fluid bonded, condoms for everyone else and we have currently decided to take oral completely off the table without testing and serious discussion.

This makes me smile :] Her return has went very well. (Outside of finding out she broke one of the limitations we talked about briefly. Although, I must admit our limitations were really only casually mentioned.) Today, we sat down and exchanged guidelines, expectations and talked about things...

Thanks everyone! @Kyle Lol, I have seen the video. It's pretty cool, but I would like to see that guy draw a human figure. Perspective and buildings are easier than people I think. Also, detail doesn't interest me much :P

Thank you Gala, I really appreciate your input!

Thank you Castalia, that painting was from my visit to Maryland. It's definitely one of my favorites too!

(My partners name has been replaced with L out of respect for her privacy.) Charles’ Ideas, Thoughts, and Guidelines Charles’ Ideal Relationship with L- A relationship that is very loving, comforting and secure with the intent for lifelong partnership. One that is creatively, artistically...

I definitely understand that I need to communicate to her what and how much I want to hear about them. At the moment I was just trying to sort out the turmoil of her telling me about it and her asking about going back to monogamy. We didn't set any sort of limit like that, no. It's not...

I thought I would share some of my paintings :] The paintings below were all created from life my senior year of college. Currently, I am working on a new series that will have more story and emotional depth.

I suppose this becomes a bit about semantics and how one might define love, but NRE could play a role as well. They have been spending a lot of time together for about 2 months straight with the sexual stuff beginning somewhere in the last third. I definitely agree that if I was around it might...

Update: She returns tomorrow. Tonight, we talked about some stuff. She isn't sure about poly anymore because she doesn't like having to leave him? I can tell she loves him, which I am okay with. Sometimes some of her words appear a bit comparative between us, which I could live with out, but we...

Thanks Kevin :]

o_o I think I get the gist?

Hi i'm Charles. Having a few poly friends from a local college I become interested in the philosophies it set forth. From here I read 'Sex at Dawn' and 'Opening Up' (both of which I highly recommend). I introduced the idea to my current girlfriend of a year which caused plenty of havoc for a...

Hello everyone, This is my first post here. Looking forward to being a part of the community. Basically, my partner and I recently (a few months ago) moved our closed relationship into an open poly relationship. It was only theoretical and flirting until her trip to europe. Through her trip to...