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Mutual decision. We tried to hang out after two days apart but the tension was too high. She keeps getting "triggered" and gets all weird and silent and tense and I can't handle it. This basically isn't even about polyamory anymore...it's about me deciding I'm going to take care of my own needs...

So last night was the first without my wife in a while (she stayed at her own condo), and I went out and had fun. I almost felt guilty for enjoying myself but I felt free. We had lunch today to talk about things some more and I found out she had TWO dates yesterday with two different guys...

Possibly temporary. After deciding I'm mono and my wife wants to be poly, I thought I'd just get used to it after a while. I finally had to admit that I am absolutely miserable, stressed, & anxious and that this is not going away. The fact that she wants to date other people makes me feel...

Hi. This morning my wife seemed really down and I asked what was bothering her and we had a weird discussion. Quick recap of our situation: •She is 20 years younger than I am •We absolutely want to be together •I became poly when we met (because she was) but we hadn’t dated anyone else since...

Sorry for blowing up the board this morning, but it's really nice to talk to you guys about things. :) I recently posted a thread about how my wife and I were poly all along and suddenly I feel like I might be mono, but she's poly. She and I are in the process of trying to work out an...

I have to ask what poly people think about this. If you're out on a date with one of your partners, then you come home to the partner you live with, do you always shower first? My wife did not shower the other night before coming home because "there were no fluids". However, they were naked...

Hi there, My wife and I (I'm a woman) got married under the assumption that we'd be poly. There's a significant age difference which was part of it for her, but mostly she just wants a big network of really close relationships in her life. I'd never experienced poly before, but she was really...