Laura Boyle6 days ago1 minSeason 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 BoyleMay 96 minQueerplatonic 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 BoyleMay 52 minPodcast 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 BoyleApr 282 minPodcast Season 5 Episode 4: Polyamory and KinkToday's episode contains frank discussion of sexuality and kink dynamics, listener be aware. "I feel like no one really talks about the...
Laura BoyleApr 262 minWhy 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 BoyleApr 211 minPodcast 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 BoyleApr 189 minPolyamorous Time: Needs and ExpectationsOver on TikTok in March, we had a conversation about "Polyamorous Time" - about the deviation from monogamous norms about enmeshing all...
Laura BoyleApr 141 minPodcast Season 5 Episode 2: Polyamory Advice is Relationship Advice"I'm relationship style agnostic - I don't think there's one right way to do relationships, but gosh are there a lot of really crappy...
Laura BoyleApr 122 minForbearanceIt is an absolute truism in polyamory that communication is everything - and for good reason, none of us are mind readers and only by...
Laura BoyleApr 72 minPodcast Season 5 Episode 1: Polyamory and Parenting"You have to take the space to take care of yourself and notice if you haven't made space for yourself outside of parenthood in a long...
Laura BoyleApr 43 minPriorities and ValuesWe've talked a lot on the blog about hierarchies, implied, presumed, explicit, prescriptive and descriptive. The underlying message of...
Laura BoyleMar 316 minWhy De-escalation?The polyamorous community at large (this blog included) talks a fair bit about de-escalating relationships and how the option to change...
Laura BoyleMar 284 minLap-Sitting PolyamoryWhat is Lap-Sitting Polyamory? Lap-sitting polyamory is the form of polyamory that this blog previously called "kitchen table polyamory...
Laura BoyleMar 229 minPractical Tips for Going Parallel with Your MetamourMany of us, in the course of our polyamorous journeys, will have a metamour who we just don't vibe with - who things sit just a little...
Laura BoyleMar 152 minDifferentiating DynamicsDo you prefer walks on the beach with one partner, and hikes with another? Do you like piña coladas? ...The point of this line of...
Laura BoyleMar 104 minBarriers, "Fluid Bonding," and Other ConversationsI don't love the term "fluid bonding." It's in common enough use that I don't pretend it isn't there or correct a partner to some other...
Laura BoyleMar 73 minWhat's in a Name? Polyamorous JargonIn doing online education, I've spent a lot of time talking with people about "all those polyamorous words" and whether we need them and...
Laura BoyleMar 111 minGuest Post: Is There a Problem with Hierarchy?As many of my writing pieces do, this one germinated from a seed planted in a conversation with Laura. I started my first polyamorous...
Laura BoyleFeb 282 minMetamour's Day 2022As I remind people every year, February 28 is our own polyamorous hallmark holiday: Metamour's Day! Metamour is one of the pieces of...
Laura BoyleFeb 217 minVeto PowerDespite veto power in relationships being one of the most-often-discussed rules that folks come up with for their early polyam...