Lantern
New member
Hi all,
I’m Midwest born and raised living in PA currently. I’m an artist and “jack of all trades” (Jill?).
I still feel new to poly. My long term partner, Kettle (8 or 9 ish years together) opened up our relationship about two years ago. Since then I have made out with a pal and went on one date. He has had a few serious interests that for various reasons have not developed romantically. We’re in a fairly isolated area, so options for dating are thin. Overall, I’d say the switch to poly has been great for us. He feels that it’s part of who he is, I consider myself a convert and am still not sure if I’d even want additional partners. I have had two compelling crushes, but neither worked out, which I feel is for the best in those cases. We read “more than two” and take a lot of guidance from that book.
Just to round this out, he has two kids (20 and 17) from a prior marriage that I’m very close with, they count me as a parent and I feel the same about them. They aren’t aware of the change in our relationship. Because of geography and timing, there hasn’t been a good time to have the discussion when they’d have time/space to process and respond. Since neither of us have developed any other relationships, our home base dynamic hasn’t changed much.
I’m Midwest born and raised living in PA currently. I’m an artist and “jack of all trades” (Jill?).
I still feel new to poly. My long term partner, Kettle (8 or 9 ish years together) opened up our relationship about two years ago. Since then I have made out with a pal and went on one date. He has had a few serious interests that for various reasons have not developed romantically. We’re in a fairly isolated area, so options for dating are thin. Overall, I’d say the switch to poly has been great for us. He feels that it’s part of who he is, I consider myself a convert and am still not sure if I’d even want additional partners. I have had two compelling crushes, but neither worked out, which I feel is for the best in those cases. We read “more than two” and take a lot of guidance from that book.
Just to round this out, he has two kids (20 and 17) from a prior marriage that I’m very close with, they count me as a parent and I feel the same about them. They aren’t aware of the change in our relationship. Because of geography and timing, there hasn’t been a good time to have the discussion when they’d have time/space to process and respond. Since neither of us have developed any other relationships, our home base dynamic hasn’t changed much.
