Posted on August 26, 2009 by negotiablevirtue
http://www.harpersbazaar.com/magazine/feature-articles/open-marriages-0809?click=main_srEnjoy.%20let%20me%20know%20wha
These days, when a bride floats down the aisle we think of a monogamous future in which she and her husband are blissfully faithful forever; anything else seems shocking, bohemian, perverse. Take the unusual and much-talked-about ménage of flame-haired actress Tilda Swinton. She lives in a large, rambling house in Scotland with her twins and [...]
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Posted on August 16, 2009 by negotiablevirtue
http://www.newsweek.com/id/209164
Terisa Greenan and her boyfriend, Matt, are enjoying a rare day of Seattle sun, sharing a beet carpaccio on the patio of a local restaurant. Matt holds Terisa’s hand, as his 6-year-old son squeezes in between the couple to give Terisa a kiss. His mother, Vera, looks over and smiles; she’s there with her boyfriend, [...]
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Posted on June 29, 2009 by negotiablevirtue
My boy broke up with his other girlfriend recently. Being polyamorous, I am completely accepting & appreciative of other sources of joy in his life.
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Posted on April 5, 2009 by negotiablevirtue
As I have mentioned several times, I am polyamourous (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyamourous). I believe that I have the ability to fall in love with more than one person. I seem to prefer two partners, although currently I am happily involved with only one. The last time I had two partners was in the early summer of last [...]
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Posted on February 12, 2009 by negotiablevirtue
http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=3464575
By RUSSELL GOLDMAN
To many, “open marriage” is a phrase so laden with 1970s nostalgia that the idea can’t be considered without imagining its practitioners leering at each other across shag-carpeted conversation pits, their chest hair spilling out of maroon polyester leisure suits.
While many of today’s adherents are aging swingers from the old school, a new [...]
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Posted on July 5, 2008 by negotiablevirtue
Recently, while visiting my parent’s in Virginia, my aunt & uncle, were visiting as well. In one of our conversations, I was explaining the polyamorous philosophy to my uncle, with my aunt in earshot. My uncle began to nod, with a Cheshire cat grin. My aunt, not approving, sat down beside him & protectively said, [...]
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Posted on July 2, 2008 by negotiablevirtue
Polyamory (from Greek πολυ [poly, meaning many or several] and Latin amor [literally “love”]) is the desire, practice, or acceptance of having more than one loving, intimate relationship at a time with the full knowledge and consent of everyone involved. Polyamorous perspectives differ from monogamous perspectives, in that they reflect one or more partner’s wish(es) [...]
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