In discussions regarding bedroom antics, most people will admit to anything. They’ll tell you that they dig the ass slapping and hair pulling. They’ll own up to BDSM fantasies and porn fiascos. The one thing that they won’t say though: “I dig anal.” The conversations that I’ve had with other women (and men) have made me see
With every new person you invite into your bed, you have to make decisions. Some take no thought at all: condom? Yes. Others are less serious: lights on or off? Dim. Being in a poly relationship can complicate this arena of a new relationship. Because the person that you are with, your primary partner, has a say-so in the decision making
When I first got a message response to one of my online profiles, I looked at the guy as too “artsy” to have anything in common with me. My answer to the initial contact must have said as much because that was what prompted him to reveal that he too was polyamorous and in a relationship. As we cultivated our friendship, I talked to the
Part of the problem to some people that are polyamorous comes, not from their new relationships, but from their primary or existing partners. We all get that surge of New Relationship Energy (NRE) when we start a romance. It is hard for someone that is already in your life to watch that NRE blossom without feeling jealous or getting
Each and every time that I enter into a relationship, I find myself having to answer to those folks who seem to think that there is a schedule involved. Date one: Meet for drinks. Date two: Dinner. Date three: Serious kissing. These people have somehow got it into their heads that we are all supposed to move at the same pace and on the same time
Just because I am poly does not mean that every person that I date is or will be. In fact, with one exception, none of my relationships have been poly. There were those that were monogamous and they tended to be understanding of the poly life. These relationships had their ups and downs, some ended on good terms and others on bad. But my being
I’m not sure who thought it was a good idea to start putting names together in Hollywood. Suddenly, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have ceased to exist on their own. Instead of two separate people, they are now considered to be a single unit: Brangelina. I have found this latest obsession nauseating. It isn’t just the rich and famous who
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