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I have been thinking about these terms (and others) a lot lately. Generally, on threads here, people use these two terms: "poly," and "monogamy." Many are not aware that monogamy means "married to one." In Greek, gamos means marriage. So, technically, an unmarried couple who only date each...

An offshoot of Albert Ross's take on his blog, here: https://polyamory.com/threads/thoughts-on-this-journey.155636/page-7 My post there is as follows: Albert's view is that the word lifestyle is a legit way to describe this relationship model. I find it vague in a possibly harmful way. He's...

From https://fetlife.com/users/4158279/posts/11206912 Unicorn: A creature you must pretend does not exist at all times. If your personal ad says, “Looking for a purple-haired ninja with a face tattoo and a doctorate in rocket surgery,” you should rephrase it as, “Looking for some sort of...

In another thread: https://polyamory.com/threads/new-and-finding-it-hard-to-process.156428/#post-501204 LoveBunny said: That was my point. So we agree. Prior to "civilization" as we know it, "marriage" was quite different. Of course, monogamy in late antiquity meant the woman was mono. The...

We get couples like this here every week, sometimes several per week, coming in new to poly, extremely excited about their fantasy/plan of "adding a person to their relationship," or "looking for our third." "Let's create a throuple!" We often share an article with these people called, "So...

The internet has their claws out for Jada and her polyamorous nature, her freedom, her autonomy. Misogynists (and not just men) are calling Will a simp, a cuck and effeminate for "permitting his woman to have affairs" with other men, from time to time during their marriage. Apparently the...

I've recently become reacquainted with the work of Dr Richard Carrier. I used to read him on the Secular Web atheist's forum years ago, but lately I've been watching his talks on YouTube, and reading his book "On the Historicity of Jesus" (hint: there is no convincing evidence he existed). But...

No, this title doesn't pertain to me. But I was reading an old thread started by a banned member, Polynatural, who said that they had interviewed multiple people who IDed as swingers, but their relationships involved feelings of strong fondness, or even love, for their multiple partners, with...

Single Parents on ABC (now in its 3rd season) had a couple characters, a male and a female, in a relationship, and it's just been revealed they share a lover. Of course a MF couple is sharing someone! At least, this time it's a male...

Time for a new blog. My love life is heating up and getting a bit complicated. I had a couple relationships earlier in the year, but they both ended for one reason or another, tho I have salvaged a friendship with one of the guys. But the past few months all kinds of new things are happening...

Anyone else enjoying the ongoing Josh Duggar scandals? First outed as having molested no less than 4 of his sisters, and one other girl, when he was a teen. Now it is reported he had 2 paid Ashley Madison accounts. AM is a site for married people to find someone to have an affair with. He paid...

Someone showed me this from reddit. http://www.reddit.com/r/BDSMcommunity/comments/3evwu3/i_am_a_unicorn_and_here_is_when_i_will_and_wont/

Gah, this term for sex annoys me so much. The sexual revolution happened in the late 1960s and people still say this? I guess I find it so odd because, at least for me, sex is the opposite of sleeping. Mommy, what are those 2 people doing on that bed? On the kitchen counter, in the garden...

I am fine to admit when I first separated from my ex husband and started dating from OK Cupid, I had a kid in a candy store attitude. I had been monogamous for over 30 years, and it was pretty amazing to be hit on by dozens of men, and to date some of them... In the meantime, I met miss pixi...

I broke up with Ginger in mid-July. Then I was slammed with summer activities, trips, and even a houseguest for three weeks. This delayed greatly my ability to grieve the end of our relationship and come to terms with it. However, in the past month I have finally had time to do that. Meanwhile...

Because of: His raging affair with not just Carla, but David too. One-on-ones with both, multiple threesomes also. He sees one or the other or both of his new lovers (a married couple), like, every other day. My heart is breaking and I am depressed. I feel betrayed. And the things he says! I...

Since last June, my bf Ginger has dated or attempted to date one man and four women. The guy and one woman-- those relationships didn't get off the ground. They IMed a lot, but he never ultimately dated the guy, and the other woman was unappealing in person. Shortly after that, he took up with...

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/della-wolf-is-b-c-s-1st-child-with-3-parents-on-birth-certificate-1.2526584 First baby with 3 parents: 2 lesbian moms and their friend who is biological father.

Ginger has been IMing with Mischa for a couple years. They even started chatting before he and I met. She lives over 50 miles away. In the last year they started chatting more often and a couple months ago they finally met for the first time. Before she came to his place, she told him she has...

So many threads here are about changing relationships, stemming from changes and growth in individual's views of life, love, sexuality. Humans are so adaptable on the one hand. On the other, we are resistant to change and often refuse to change until a crisis occurs that forces it. This is so...