Everyone who goes to the altar should be that happy and sure. Good for all of you.

Perhaps polyamorists (sp?) don't view love as a zero sum game wherein the love of an additional person is the erasure of the love for another partner. Personally, I practice monogamy and I'm happy that way— but it's conceivable that some people might be capable of fully appreciating multiple partners.

What I think it all comes down to, whatever your relationship paradigm may be, is honesty, openness, and respect for any and all parties involved. If you're operating from that place, it doesn't matter what or who you do ;)

Reading about your "so damn happy"-ness makes me happy. Reading about the OP's happy discovery makes me happy. I feel all the happy.

i thought having an open marriage would make dealing with my depression more difficult. But I find myself happier having more people with whom I can have that special intimacy with to lean on. Plus my husband has his needs met when my libido is tanked.

I was really excited to see this article first thing when I opened Jezebel this morning. I've openly claimed the title polyamorous for about two years, although I don't think monogamy was ever for me. I just didn't realize until a couple of years ago that there was not only terminology for what I'd felt my whole life,…

I also highly recommend The Ethical Slut. The latest edition is VERY comprehensive. n_n

<3 To return the sentiment- GIRL. You hit the nail on the head.

Laughing to myself at "windowing florist" as I picture Christian Slater murdering husbands.

I can't even begin to explain what all these articles about polyamory mean to me. My husband and I, after discussing it for YEARS, recently decided to open up a bit and let me start a thing with a mutual friend. We've been open and honest about everything, and it's definitely changed some things in our marriage for…

"How can you have two boyfriends?"

If I woke up and looked like Monica Bellucci, I'd do the same thing, and I don't think anyone would hold it against me. It's almost unnerving how pretty she is.

are you a sandman fan? because this story was illustrated beautifully in "The Sandman: Fables and Reflections" and told by a woman named Eve who may or may not be the biblical first woman.

Neil Gaiman 4 lyfe, yo.

Is good, you will like. I promise. :)

I always liked apocryphal genesis 2. The stuff in the apocryphal & even gnostic books is usually way more interesting, thought provoking, and beautiful than most of the standard books.

I always liked the apocryphal genesis ("liked" in this instance means "a fitting encapsulation of the what-the-fuck patriarchal bullshit of early/fundamentalist Christianity): God creates Lilith just like Adam, as Adam's equal. She refuses to be subservient to him (woot, you go, Lilith! Hence Lilith Fair) and he…

We did too, and it allowed me to get the ring custom designed, which she loves.

if she won't be your girlfriend why would she be your wife?

Just completely unsolicited advice from an internet stranger, it's probably a really bad idea to propose to someone you're not even dating. Why not just ask her to be in a relationship instead? Personally, I would be kinda weirded out if a close friend asked me to marry him if we weren't actually together. But I…

And here I was expecting an article on puppies and rainbows.