Hi! I've been lurking for a bit...

[Maymay]

I've been lurking for a few weeks but I thought I would actually introduce myself.
I'm May, I live in the Kansas City area. I have been married to my wonderful husband (T) for 14 years. A few months ago, after years of skirting around the issue, I admitted to myself that I'm still in love with an ex (D). I've known that he has seen me as "the one that got away" so we both recognized that there was a lot of unresolved feeling between us.
I wasn't going to cheat - I try to be as honest as possible in my daily dealings because anything else stresses me out to bad. My husband had brought up something like this once before so when I approached him about polyamory he was like "Yes, thats fine. Lets give it a try".
To be honest, I think I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop. I have a wonderful husband and two fantastic kids. And I have a boyfriend who loves me passionately and calls me the other half of his soul.
Part of the reason I think I've never posted is because it seems like most people come here when they have problems to work out but (at least right now) I don't have any. I probably still have a little NRE going for me but I'm finding it oddly satisfying trying help my husband find a like-minded woman on OKC and we are going to try to get to our first poly meetup this month.
So... Hi everybody!

 

[Nadya]

Hello and welcome!

Not everyone has problems with poly - there are quite so many of the regular posters here who live in happy and balanced poly relationships. I, for one, have never had big problems because of poly; the problems we have had are just various life issues not related to the relationship structure. It is always good news to get new happily poly members on this forum.

Enjoy your happiness and be welcome to contribute in giving advice to others who struggle!

 

[kdt26417]

Greetings May,
Welcome to our forum. Please feel free to lurk, browse, etc.

I think forums do tend to be places people turn to when they need help (advice and such). Having said that, it's always encouraging to hear the success stories and here you are with one of your own. So I'm glad you could join us!

If you ever do run into difficulty, we'll be here to help. In the meantime, just enjoy your stay with us. Perhaps you'd consider posting on Poly Vignettes: Sharing Success & Happiness?

Sincerely,
Kevin T., "official greeter"

Notes:

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If you have any questions about the board itself, please private-message a mod and they'll do their best to help.

Welcome aboard!

 

[realamore]

Welcome Sweetie

So thrilled you are doing well. It's nice to here because some of our relationships run so smooth and are almost....dare I say average it's hard to realize no..I'm not conventional. Yes! It's true...it's just so full of love and joy and the average household issues. I'm still waiting for NRE to putter..it gets stronger with both of mine! Love and hugs to you.