Hello from the East coast

Frankie

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New to this board, looking for a place to talk without others I know reading it. I have a hard time speaking openly if I know the people reading it. I visited this board a few years ago when I had some questions and you all were helpful, so I'm glad to see you all are still here.

Currently I'm on the east coast but have property in WA, it's where I call home. My husband's job took us to the east coast, but I am now log distance from both my husband and my boyfriend. Financial reasons it was more affordable for my kids and I to live with family
( they don't know we are poly) while my husband has a small apartment in the state he works in. I could have stayed in WA but it is easier to make a 12 hour drive to visit with the kids, than a few days drive. Unfortunately that puts me a few days drive away from my boyfriend now.

My husband and I have been married for 15 years now, I've been with my boyfriend for a year, this month. My husband is currently seeing someone too, their relationship is new.

My husband and I opened up to poly about a year and a half ago. I had always expressed interest in it. You all helped me think on it for a long while and I finally talked to him about it more seriously. It was new for him, and it was rocky at first as we juggled feelings, communication, and the such; but we finally found our footing and our communication is better than it had ever been before all this. We are happy and he and my boyfriend are friends, we talk on the phone together, we've camped together and try to visit in person when we can. It's going as well as it can with the distance between us all.

I do have a question brewing in my head, but I'll leave this as the intro and ask in another post so this doesn't get too long.
 
Greetings Thing181,
Welcome to our forum. Please feel free to lurk, browse, etc.

I read your other post in Relationships Corner, and responded there briefly. To summarize, sometimes you have to let the other person decide whether they want a relationship, and how much of a relationship they want. Both people in a relationship have to want the relationship in order for it to continue. That and, I want to encourage you to read up on poly as much as you can. Be very active in this forum, there's so much to learn and teach here! We've been able to help you in the past, I hope we'll be able to help you in the future.

Sincerely,
Kevin T., "official greeter" :)

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Welcome aboard!
 
Thank you for the welcome. I appreciate your advice and I will continue to read and hopefully participate more in the forum.
 
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