Special Occasions

So, I've definitely been mulling this thread over and making sure I pay a lot of attention to my Vs dynamics with this. I'm going to split it up with sex and sleep for my brain.

SLEEP

Sleeping arrangements day to day:

I try to sleep with both. B has a horrid schedule so I can only do it on days he's off. Because for work he's usually up at 2am, even on nights he's off he will sometimes fall asleep at like...9pm. I usually pop off at 11. His room is not set up for me to easily spend those extra hours on my computer or phone. And, honestly, my mattress is more comfortable. So I switch off depending on schedules and my mood. We do all live together though, so that affects things. Honestly, 90% of my nights are with Z. I've talked to B and he both understands and doesn't mind. Z doesn't mind when I don't sleep with him either.

Special occasions:

(Assuming sleep schedules agree for all of these situations) I sleep with the person who the special occasion is aimed at. Birthday? I camp with the birthday boy.
Yule (Christmas): I switch off years, one gets Christmas eve, one gets Yule day, and then switch the next year.
Every other one day one is switched via year, and of course emotional needs at that time. If you got it last year, but you need my comfort more than the other, I'll be with you.



SEX

I'm highly sexual so I'm almost always up for multiple times a day. After a party, we'll either threeway (two birds, one stone), or I've be with one, and then after that the other. I'll even do it where I have one in the AM before the party and the other in the PM after.

They know I do my absolute best to keep things even; but they also now I'm human. If they want sex from me, they have to make it known too. I'm not a mind reader, and also not here to do 100% of the effort, YKWIM?


Really talk things out with them, find out what their preferences are, discuss what yours are. It's 100% OKAY AND NORMAL to have a sleeping, and even sex, preference. You can love people equally, but not love sleeping in the same bed.

One thing that may be a good option for you if you can swing it/want it, is you all have your own rooms/beds. So it's not you having to swap between, but they get to come to you.

Charles doesn't live with us, so he doesn't have a room here. The master bedroom is generally viewed as mine because it always has been, but Henry sleeps here and has his stuff here whenever we don't have other guests spending the night. There is another bed in a corner in our basement when Henry has some other stuff and he sleeps there when I have company, but it's not really a space he shares with guests. It's also a much smaller bed so I wouldn't want to sleep in it with anyone; I much prefer the space in my own (Cal King).

But yeah, I guess I didn't explain very well that with one or two exceptions, it's not really about what day we do it- just that if we're having a party or event in the shared home, that it feels difficult to manage things. We do kitchen table poly, which still feels like a bit of a shock to me since I never thought it would be my thing, but I admit it makes life a lot easier sometimes. Henry and Charles get along very well.

If we ever all live together, which isn't even on the table at this point, I would want each of them to have their own room here. Then that would alleviate this particular issue, but raise a great deal of others. For now, I wouldn't be comfortable with that kind of escalation. Living with someone, to me, comes with way more emotional intimacy/expectation than I think it does with most other people. I would very much view that as a relationship escalator step and it's way too soon for that for me anyway.
 
it's not really about what day we do it- just that if we're having a party or event in the shared home, that it feels difficult to manage things.
When we all began to cohabitate certain things became more difficult and certain things became easier. Spending more equal time with each was so much easier. One of the biggest things it affected with B was how often he initiated sex. We're working on it.
I had had years to get used to and understand Z's quirks, incorporating B's was definitely a bit harder.

We do kitchen table poly, which still feels like a bit of a shock to me
Kitchen table was how we started our poly journey. I definitely find it easier and more comfortable. I like individual connections with people; and because I'm particular about who is in my house...it's more important to me than probably to others.
At the same time, having a meta I didn't like in really any way, it made it so KT was NOT healthy for me and NOT something I could do.

If we ever all live together, which isn't even on the table at this point, I would want each of them to have their own room here.

Understandable! It definitely would help some things; but also raise questions about potential dynamic changes or any other concerns etc.

Living with someone, to me, comes with way more emotional intimacy/expectation than I think it does with most other people. I would very much view that as a relationship escalator step and it's way too soon for that for me anyway.

I totally get that! Living with someone is huge step for me too. I'm so particular about how the household functions and lifestyle and boundaries etc (I had family issues growing up, its made me sensitive to these things). Z's best friend lived with us for 6 months and it was literally one of the hardest things I've dealt with as an adult. It was like living with a lazy 16 year old, he lied, he was jobless and lazy and, because he wasn't really close to me, he wouldn't listen or even during convos not lie. Z was too nervous and insecure to deal with him. Moving in together can absolutely affect the dynamic of a relationship, and, imo, be considered carefully.

Take care!
 
We sort of alternate. New year's can be difficult. But other holidays it just depends on who plans what. For example, on Christmas this year I had family stuff on Christmas Eve as did real. They did their stuff Christmas eve/morning and real and I spent Xmas night together. At Valentine's we all three had dinner that night and real had individual dates with us on preceding and following days. News years we all went out again and then real and I went home to my place. 4th of july, I stayed at theirs.
Usually when I stay over we either all sleep in the giant bed or I'll sleep in reals gaming room and he'll bed hop, fall asleep with one of us and then go wake up with the other whenever he gets up to use the facilities.
 
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