JuneauHiker
New member
Hello all!
My name is Kyle.
I am a traveler, an information sponge, an avid outdoorsman and have been living the poly lifestyle for nearly 4 years now. I live and work in new places every 3-5 months doing whatever piques my fancy, with my adventurous gypsywoman wife. While we live much of the year together or near each other, we also often take a few weeks to a month away from each other to pursue solo travels (as I write this she's in Cali staying with a fellow she met on OKCupid while I'm roadtripping from Seattle to Colorado).
I have for more than half of my entire life been interested in or thought of the poly lifestyle (though a decade and a half ago I didn't know to call it that). It is only within these last 4 years, however, that I actively "joined" the community, when my wife and I began dating. Up until recently our poly model would most likely be described as hierarchical. Over the past 3 months we reevaluated our reasons for being poly and realized we'd become a little too enmeshed in each other, and unable to pursue our individual desires and needs. Now, we'd probably be considered "primaries."
My reasons for being poly are fairly standard. I tend to eschew societal norms in most of my life anyway (traveling, no children, poly, relationship anarchist, etc), and to me it became a natural extension of how I relate and connect to people. I want freedom to organically connect with the myriad of wonderful people that I meet.
With this perspective I try not to actively search for specific kinds of connections (ie. just sex, a second partner), and just see where things go with the people that I meet. However, at this point in my life, and largely because I'm never in one place for very long, I find myself lacking in conversation about polyamory, and I've become somewhat lonely. Certainly my wife and I talk about issues specific to our relationship, but I find myself craving that outsider's veiwpoint, wisdom that cannot be gained except by conversing with those likeminded and with similar experiences, which is why I've joined your community.
I am afraid this became very long-winded! Hopefully some of you are still awake after that exposition =)
My name is Kyle.
I am a traveler, an information sponge, an avid outdoorsman and have been living the poly lifestyle for nearly 4 years now. I live and work in new places every 3-5 months doing whatever piques my fancy, with my adventurous gypsywoman wife. While we live much of the year together or near each other, we also often take a few weeks to a month away from each other to pursue solo travels (as I write this she's in Cali staying with a fellow she met on OKCupid while I'm roadtripping from Seattle to Colorado).
I have for more than half of my entire life been interested in or thought of the poly lifestyle (though a decade and a half ago I didn't know to call it that). It is only within these last 4 years, however, that I actively "joined" the community, when my wife and I began dating. Up until recently our poly model would most likely be described as hierarchical. Over the past 3 months we reevaluated our reasons for being poly and realized we'd become a little too enmeshed in each other, and unable to pursue our individual desires and needs. Now, we'd probably be considered "primaries."
My reasons for being poly are fairly standard. I tend to eschew societal norms in most of my life anyway (traveling, no children, poly, relationship anarchist, etc), and to me it became a natural extension of how I relate and connect to people. I want freedom to organically connect with the myriad of wonderful people that I meet.
With this perspective I try not to actively search for specific kinds of connections (ie. just sex, a second partner), and just see where things go with the people that I meet. However, at this point in my life, and largely because I'm never in one place for very long, I find myself lacking in conversation about polyamory, and I've become somewhat lonely. Certainly my wife and I talk about issues specific to our relationship, but I find myself craving that outsider's veiwpoint, wisdom that cannot be gained except by conversing with those likeminded and with similar experiences, which is why I've joined your community.
I am afraid this became very long-winded! Hopefully some of you are still awake after that exposition =)
