It's the smart phone age. We should all assume that anything we're doing could be broadcast at any time.

"Husband-Elect"?

I used to be poly, for about 5-6 years in my early 20s, until I realized that there's a physics problem involved.

Love requires time and energy. Time and energy are finite. Thus, there is only so much love one can actually give, long term, without eventually becoming drained & exhausted.

If each person gets half your…

It's been a trend in a certain area of illustration for a number of years. I hate to say "hipster" because it's usually meaningless, but this time it's bang on. The Venn diagram of artists who are under-30, liked anime, and read Pitchfork contains a union which has either dabbled in or flirted with the idea of drawing…

It's really unfortunate, but a lot of "alternative" lifestyles like being polyamorous, D/s relationships, shelter dog adopters, and veganism/raw food have a lot of people who espouse their choices on others. Yes, the "norms" of these behaviours engage in them, but I don't hear many of them calling themselves…

Weird. I've only seen it in the exact opposite situation.

Don't forget the condescending nature of that idea, which is that people who aren't poly are either in denial or less "evolved."

Hey, I have a question for polyamorous people. Does anyone have any experience with long-term polyamorous relationships? Because, for the author, it sounds like she's into the courtship ritual. Like, she doesn't want to sacrifice the new relationship honeymoon meeting-and-falling-in-love stuff for long-term monogamy.…

No, it's evangelizing. If you've never been told by a poly person that they pity how square and vanilla you are and really monogamy just isn't natural (and hey all the cool kids are doing it), you're a luckier person than me. I mean, yes, it's an orientation that still is faced with a tremendous amount of prejudice…

If you knew me, you would have seen one.

This isn't a community. Its the internet.

Mine is entirely initiated by me. My husband has zero interest in finding other partners.

Is it really true that people only hear negative stories about poly/non-monogomous relationships? I have literally only read positive stuff in the media about it.

I really like reading these posts.

It's very nice that you found an environment in which you are happy, but I do wish people would stop deferring to evolution every single time. The people who write books and push the idea that humans "evolved" or "didn't evolve" to be monogamous or play football or drive a Toyota Cressida do so with very flimsy…

I dont know how to put my words to not come across as judgemental..ok, maybe since I have an opinion I am judgmental anyway, but then I hope I dont come across too disrespectful. Sometimes it seems to me that our society is getting more and more dehumanized, and as an effect, so become our relationships. I mean I was…

What's with the noses?

Stop the presses!

Okay, so the bacon really doesn't smell good to me, but I definitely applaud all the people involved here for their honesty. I'm very glad you found your own happiness!

This is the first thing that comes to my mind.

Playing during The Burning Crusade. I hit level 70 and then spent a little more time doing extra quests and selling things on the AH to buy a flying mount. I bought what some in my guild called the "Daz ultra-white challenge" griffon, lined myself up on the path going out…