Podcast Season 6 Episode 2: Asking for Wants and Needs
“I find that minimizing other relationships doesn’t do what people think it will- you have to move through discomfort anyway.” “If you...
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Laura Boyle
- Aug 4
- 1 min
Podcast Season 6, Episode 1: High Standards, Low Expectations
"We don't automatically or invisibly put expectations on each other - that leads to resentment and conflict." "To heck with the hyper...
Laura Boyle
- Jul 26
- 2 min
Being Positive About Polyamory
There is exceptional pressure, as a non-normative style of relating, to share only, or very primarily, the good things about polyamorous...
Laura Boyle
- Jul 7
- 6 min
Attending Meetups & Building Community
Historically, I've been pretty snarky about who all is "in community" if you get enough polyamorous people together. But if you're going...
Laura Boyle
- Jun 22
- 3 min
The OPP and Polyamory
So, unlike in the Naughty by Nature song, in polyamorous community and polyam relationships, OPP stands for One Penis Policy. I've talked...
Laura Boyle
- Jun 16
- 4 min
Triad or V - What's More Complicated?
I get a lot of people new to polyamory insisting that they must date together, or meet people together, because it "will be less...
Laura Boyle
- Jun 14
- 3 min
Favorites and Special Activities in Polyamory
Once upon a time, I was in a relatively new (less than a year) relationship, and it was coming up on our first Christmas together. It was...
Laura Boyle
- Jun 9
- 2 min
Podcast Season 5 Episode 10: Polyamory and Parenting (Part 2)
"Sometimes a particular adult's involvement ebbs and flows but there isn't the kind of sudden disappearance or 'revolving door' that...
Laura Boyle
- Jun 7
- 8 min
My Top Advice For New Polyamorous People
I don't usually do lists, but there are a few things that I encounter over and over again working with people new to polyamory, both...
Laura Boyle
- Jun 2
- 2 min
Podcast Season 5 Episode 9: Jealousy and Compersion
"Acknowledging compersion isn't denying our jealousy. You can have a lot of different emotional 'foods' on your 'plate' at once." "We...
Laura Boyle
- May 31
- 5 min
What's in A Name? Cocktail Party Polycules
I'm actually wildly in love with the fact that there are so many terms for the liminal space between kitchen table and parallel...
Laura Boyle
- May 26
- 2 min
Podcast Season 5 Episode 8: De-escalation
LISTEN HERE "I really think we could de-escalate the use of de-escalation as a term. Let's talk about transitions and changes maybe...
Laura Boyle
- May 19
- 2 min
Podcast Season 5 Episode 7: Polyamorous Pride
"The purpose of a pride flag is unification and visibility for the represented group - and the current polyamory flag does neither." "If...
Laura Boyle
- May 12
- 1 min
Season 5, Episode 6: Solo Polyamorous Living
"Solopolyamory flies in the face of this idea that if you love someone you'll want to be with them 24/7. It's just not true. We're here...
Laura Boyle
- May 9
- 6 min
Queerplatonic Relationships: Polybromantic, much?
I was texting with a good friend of mine last week, and he started describing some of his relationships, and how they weren't precisely...
Laura Boyle
- May 5
- 2 min
Podcast Season 5 Episode 5: Mono plus Polyam Relationships
"In this structure now, I have been able to figure out who I am and what I want. That isn't to say I haven't gone on dates - I've tried...
Laura Boyle
- Apr 28
- 2 min
Podcast Season 5 Episode 4: Polyamory and Kink
Today's episode contains frank discussion of sexuality and kink dynamics, listener be aware. "I feel like no one really talks about the...
Laura Boyle
- Apr 26
- 2 min
Why Say Telemour?
A telemour, for those of you not familiar with the term, is a partner of your metamour who is not the shared one between you. (If you're...
Laura Boyle
- Apr 21
- 1 min
Podcast Season 5 Episode 3: Change and Balance in your CNM Ecosystem
"Nothing I do ever goes viral, but one of my posts that did pretty well recently said 'I want my polyamory to be less about compersion...
Laura Boyle
- Apr 18
- 9 min
Polyamorous Time: Needs and Expectations
Over on TikTok in March, we had a conversation about "Polyamorous Time" - about the deviation from monogamous norms about enmeshing all...
