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Over 90 days ago
Lesbian Female, 38
0 miles · Seattle
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Marx Sister
Certainly. Non-monogamous relationships can take many forms. An open relationship typically means a romantically monogamous relationship wherein the partners are allowed to have sex with others - either within certain rules or merely the caveat that they not become romantically involved with their additional sex partners and/or play partners. A polyamorous relationship specifically means that either (any) partner can form new autonomous relationships independent of their existing one(s).
In my home, there are four of us full time. My girlfriend, my wife, her boyfriend, live together. His kids (from a previous relationship) live with part time. In terms of romantic entanglement, it is not as complicated as people seem to think or say. The biggest challenge is that it's important to be aware of how your actions affect everyone, rather than just a single partner. It's been my experience though that this is true of all families who cohabit. Some of us have additional partners, and all of us are dating at least some of the time - though life stress can certainly limit the amount of energy I/we want to put into dating rather than our existing partnerships. Our family is perhaps somewhat nontraditional, but it is also as important as any other family, regardless of whom we love.
Three of our friends exist in a very successful triad (something which I have never tried longterm), and are very happy together. They live with two other humans, not involved in their relationship, but who have formed a family with them. This is saying that friends can be incorporated into such a family, rather than just partners and metamours [Metamour – a partner of your partner with whom you are not romantically or sexually involved].
There are numerous other forms that non-monogamy can take. Sometimes a triad (quad, etc.) is closed, and those three (or more) partners are only involved with each other. Such a relationship might also be sexually open, but romantically committed only to their existing partners. It can go all kinds of ways, which is one of the reasons that it can be so awesome. Making each other happy and wanting to make each other happy is a big part of a healthy relationship, so if additional partners will bring happiness into a relationship, then it's my position that this in itself happening is something of a gesture of trust and expression of love.
In my home, there are four of us full time. My girlfriend, my wife, her boyfriend, live together. His kids (from a previous relationship) live with part time. In terms of romantic entanglement, it is not as complicated as people seem to think or say. The biggest challenge is that it's important to be aware of how your actions affect everyone, rather than just a single partner. It's been my experience though that this is true of all families who cohabit. Some of us have additional partners, and all of us are dating at least some of the time - though life stress can certainly limit the amount of energy I/we want to put into dating rather than our existing partnerships. Our family is perhaps somewhat nontraditional, but it is also as important as any other family, regardless of whom we love.
Three of our friends exist in a very successful triad (something which I have never tried longterm), and are very happy together. They live with two other humans, not involved in their relationship, but who have formed a family with them. This is saying that friends can be incorporated into such a family, rather than just partners and metamours [Metamour – a partner of your partner with whom you are not romantically or sexually involved].
There are numerous other forms that non-monogamy can take. Sometimes a triad (quad, etc.) is closed, and those three (or more) partners are only involved with each other. Such a relationship might also be sexually open, but romantically committed only to their existing partners. It can go all kinds of ways, which is one of the reasons that it can be so awesome. Making each other happy and wanting to make each other happy is a big part of a healthy relationship, so if additional partners will bring happiness into a relationship, then it's my position that this in itself happening is something of a gesture of trust and expression of love.
