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Hi Everyone, Just stopped in after a long (about 2 yrs) hiatus. Browsed around a little and see a LOT of the same old familiar faces. Guess this is a good thing :) I tried to think of something controversial quick like to stir something up - but came up empty. :) This will click with a...

I've clipped out a couple paragraphs here from another thread because I think they bring out a topic that is important to talk about. Redpepper, I hope you don't mind. This is from a thread that TruckerPete started, which was interesting. I agree this is an age-old problem. But what's most...

In many of the discussions that that take place when venturing into 'poly territory', there's one in particular that always draws a lot of strong emotional reactions. It's the subject of "cheating". Now, like so many other terms, it's helpful to have an agreed upon definition in order to...

Hi everyone, Dam isn't life funny ! In another thread here we've been back on the topic of jealousy and envy (again!) And low & behold, in a personal situation I just witnessed how nasty this inherent capability is in us all. And it brought to mind that maybe we need a new term in our...

Happened to stumble across the Dr Phil show last night. They were having a loaded debate about open marriages/poly etc. There was some guest (lady) with a very Brit/Aussie accent promoting expanded relationships - especially in regards to sex within a marriage (or lack of). Although I felt...

This thread came about as a result of a conversation with a close friend & potential lover (female) the other day. After reaching a point in our friendship that proposing 'more' seemed appropriate, I received the reaction that I more or less expected. i.e. "I'm a mono minded person but I...

Starting with a couple quotes from a previous thread........ Here are a couple comments/observations that are quite commonly observed. EL314 takes note of the number of women he's encountering that seem to only have the "traditional" model in their sights. On another post he mentions the...

Well - it's finally here. The Vernal Equinox. Emergence from the darkness into a time of birth and regrowth. For those of us that are connected deeply to the earth it is indeed a special time. This year we celebrated with a sunset ritual at America's Stonehenge in Salem NH. A small but diverse...

Below is a snippet from another forum I participate in. Where we spend our time here largely talking about 'love' (largely without definition) and it's many manifestations I found this interesting. If we were to give any credence to such possibilities - how does it affect many of the...

Noticing that we seem to have quite a few members here from the BC area I wanted to post this out here in case there wasn't sufficient awareness. Whether you are from that area or not all voices and actions are equally important ! Currently underway is a plan for massive expansion of a mining...

There's some very interesting interviews that came from the Mar 2009 Interspiritual Conference held in Joshua Tree, CA. If you are interested in broad based spiritual perspectives & wisdom it would probably be worth a look. www/youtube.com/user/interspiritual You might also want to check...

I am wondering how various people, primary pairs (or more) feel about including others in their lives, when that other person has their own primary relationship in which they don't/can't share that fact. In general, this is considered cheating, a dirty little secret. In theory, I'd consider...

Female bisexuality From another thread came the topic of female bisexuality and I thought it would be interesting to get some thoughts from the girls here. We've seen a theory proposed in the past that basically says that a majority (maybe LARGE majority) of females are bisexual by nature...

I think an interesting, and relative, discussion might take place around the topic of "stereotypes". It's one of those terms that surfaces a lot especially around groups that by their placement may be just on the "fringe". I'm going to suggest that the term itself has been "stereotyped", and I...

Hi everyone, Reading through some of the various threads here (and elsewhere) I've noticed a trend of folks to want to draw a pretty distinct line between "swinging" and "polyamory" - however those get defined. In general, it seems we want to paint the "swingers" with the brush of...

Is there a way ( I haven't discovered?) to see how many active subscribers & readers we have in this forum ? Maybe something along the lines of XXX people have visited in the last YYY days ? Some BBs and forums I've subscribed to in the past have had this info available but I've been unable...

We'd like to get a thread going with respondents from both genders. So guys, please don't overwhelm this! Ladies, we NEED your input and thoughts on this desperately. Humans are sexual creatures. Despite how anyone would want to try to paint it, the sexual component of polyamory is an...