Avoiding pain and disclosure
Dating two people who have a history together is going to trigger some anxiety within you. Maybe you’re not jealous — you’re just normal.
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Infidelity and sex
How do you navigate the boundaries of STI prevention in an open relationship? Can you cheat and by polyamorous or is polyamory just another way of cheating — but ethically? These entries tackle sexuality, sexual expression, STIs and infidelity.
Episode 101: Reconciliation or Retribution
Your partner comes home from a date and needs reassurance, but you can’t give it in that moment. Is this something to overcome?
Episode 89: Mismatched Drives
Sometimes making a rule causes the exact problem that the rule is designed to prevent.
Episode 88: One Rule to Rule Them All
Sometimes making a rule causes the exact problem that the rule is designed to prevent.
Episode 86: No Exes as Friends
Your new partner demands, during a period of grief, that you stop being friends with an ex and now might not be the best time to push back on the ultimatum.
Episode 74: Dating Friendly
In starting out in polyamory, most people want to make rules — like no dating friends or family. It’s worth thinking more about that rule. That’s what’s on this week’s episode of Non-Monogamy Help.
Discussion Topic:
What makes a friend different from a partner to you?
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Betraying yourself for others
My ex and I were together for a year and nine months. He was my first relationship and first sexual encounter. He is fifteen years my senior, and we met when I was eighteen. I didn't know about his actual age, or the fact he had a girlfriend
Episode 71: Feelings and Friends
We create rules sometimes about what our partners can do because we’re afraid of losing them, but sometimes the rules we make don’t actually change anything.
That’s what’s on this week’s episode of Non-Monogamy Help.
Discussion Topic:
How do you introduce the topic of STIs
Regret after opening
My wife and I have been together for 17 years and very happily married for 13 years.For the majority of our marriage she has been unhappy in her own skin triggered by being over weight. This lead to not wanting to engage in sexual activity.
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HSV 2 and polyamory
I've been in a wonderful V-triad for 3 years and I love my partner & metamour!
Recently, I tested positive for genital herpes and they've both been beyond supportive but they seem *too supportive* which I didn't think could be possible. I suggested closing