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Laputa said:It is kind of like my bisexuality. I am so incredibly free-loving and people seem to be really into it at first, but then later it just seems to create more of a jealousy problem b/c now they have twice as many people to be jealous of. For once, all I really want, is for the things that the person I am dating, says at the beginning of our dating, still be true a year into the relationship. is that so much to ask?
Actually that is a LOT to ask.......your asking someone to not change how they feel from this moment early in a relationship to late in a relationship. And THAT is near impossible......but what they can do is learn to deal with their feelings in a manner that doesn't harm or ruin the relationship. On the flip side of that if you really care about that person you will make a few changes in how you handle both your other "friends" and how you handle your partners feelings.....
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Someone said recently about Triads and Polyamory that 'most of them don't work out.' But most monogamous ones don't, etiher. Of course, I think that keeping three or more people sane and happy in an equal, loving environment must be difficult. But isn't everything? Isn't staying in love with one person difficult, too?
I know that personally, I feel cut off from large portions of my emotional self when I don't have an intimate female relationship. And sex is the yummy icing on the proverbial cake, but it's more of a 'filling in the corners' for me emotionally.
Luckily Uno and I went into our relationship with a lot of honesty and I've never denied or tried to subdue my love for women OR my interest in Triads. If we're lucky one day we'll get a chance to make our own mistakes. |
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ok, i'm going to revive this dead thread.
i'm all about listening to podcasts and while listening to one of my favorites, Escape Pod, i found out about a podcast that is all about poly relationships.
i've listened to a couple of them and i've found them to be very informative.
topics have ranged from how to flirt to dealing with jealousy to defining love and whether you can love two people at once.
i've liked listneing to them because the guests they have on are smart, and the host is a very open chickie to lsiten to.
so if you have the time check it out
http://polyweekly.com/
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I'm too lazy to read thru the whole discussion.....what is Ethical Sluthood that was mentioned in the very first post?
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Beauvoir said:rpg said:I'm too lazy to read thru the whole discussion.....what is Ethical Sluthood that was mentioned in the very first post?
Ethical sluts is just another term for people who indulge in polyamory... it means having multiple partners but being open and honest about it, and creating the rules that work for you so no-one gets hurt. x
It is a term that was coined in a book that is widely considered to be a bible of sorts for people in Polyamorous, Polyfidelity ect type relationships, called the "Ethical Slut". It is a very good book on communication that would be useful for people in ANY kind of relationship, I highly reccommend it.
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Two things that are key in any relationship, but more so in poly would be to talk and listen and have some agreed rules. After twelve years together, we're both super comfy in ourselves that we can become attached to others, but know that we are each other's rocks.
We also laugh that when we look back to our wedding day, our CoS Minister, with no promotping from us, talked about 'love each other, but not totally. Leave room to love others.' We never picked up on it on the day, but looking back now, we laugh, smile, and joke that 'we were told to do what we do.'
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