Jealousy in Polyamory

Apr 22, 20213 min read

Jealousy and Hierarchy

Hierarchy is one of the concepts in polyamory that stirs up strong feelings in conversation every time it comes up. There’s a contingent...

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Jul 13, 20203 min read

Your Partners Can Handle Emotions When They’re Hard

We talked recently about negative, difficult emotions that you will feel your own personal version of at some point in your life. And our...

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May 20, 20205 min read

Hard-won Compersion

The last time we talked about compersion, we defined it and talked about why it isn’t mandatory. As a reminder, compersion is the...

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May 13, 20204 min read

Zero-Sum Thinking

This isn’t just a polyamory thing. This is a Life Thing. Zero-sum Thinking is the idea that if someone else has something, there’s less...

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Apr 15, 20205 min read

Compersion Is Not Mandatory

Compersion is a word you probably won’t use or hear unless you’re polyamorous, or have a lot of polyamorous friends. I define it in this...

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Apr 7, 20204 min read

The Green Eyed Monster In My Life (Spoilers: It's Me)

There are lots of things in life that are Do As I Say, Not As I Do for a person sharing collective advice. I’m a LOT better about...

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Apr 3, 20205 min read

But Don’t You Get Jealous?

Or, a brief examination of sexual and emotional jealousy and the ways polyamorous people are not immune to them Polyamorous people are...

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