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Asking for What You Want, Asking for What You Need
Today's guest post comes to us from a friend of mine who goes by the pseudonym Dr_Mr_The_Maestro, who mostly teaches in the kink...
Laura Boyle
Aug 12, 20207 min read
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In the News: How the media Perception of Polyamory is good, actually.
Ken Briodagh is a storyteller, author and editor. He's been my partner for more than 4 years and polyamorous for some years more than...
Laura Boyle
Aug 10, 20204 min read
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Podcast Episode 9: Local Community and Finding Your "People"
This episode was meant to be centered on finding local community, meeting people near you, integrating into new polyamorous social...
Laura Boyle
Aug 8, 20201 min read
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My Best Friends Are Polyamorous...
...I'm not. Today's post brought to you by the generous and anonymous monogamous heart-friend of the blog who we'll call Lily because...
Laura Boyle
Aug 7, 20204 min read
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Happy Birthday to me!
Not the blog, me, the human. I probably shouldn’t disclose that, for the purpose of not being deeply doxxed. But, so it goes, I’ve...
Laura Boyle
Aug 5, 20203 min read
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Brain Surgery
So, I don’t know if you might have seen this coming, what with the contents of “Love in the Time of Covid 2: Pandemic Bugaloo”; but my...
Laura Boyle
Aug 3, 20202 min read
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Podcast Episode 8: Relationships With Metamours
Today's Episode is a conversation with Seva on relationships with metamours. You can find it here, or wherever you listen to podcasts....
Laura Boyle
Aug 1, 20201 min read
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Black Lives Still Matter
And that's still the story. Say their names. All of them. The ones the national media knows. Breonna Taylor. George Floyd. Botham Jean....
Laura Boyle
Jul 31, 20201 min read
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You're So Insensitive!
Has (have) your partner (s) ever been unbelievably insensitive? Have they ever ignored something they should know bothers you, because...
Laura Boyle
Jul 29, 20201 min read
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I need to ask my friends for more help
Sometimes, it feels like you have months or years of buildup - of resentment, of feelings, of ‘wait, has this become an expectation’? -...
Laura Boyle
Jul 27, 20203 min read
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Podcast Episode 7: Ambiamory
This week, we have an episode on ambiamory, the concept of people who can be equally happy with either polyamory or monogamy. The link to...
Laura Boyle
Jul 25, 20201 min read
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Who We Were
I saw a quote the other day that knocked me off my feet for a second. It was attributed to Lavitaloca Sawyers, who you should consider...
Laura Boyle
Jul 24, 20201 min read
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Mono-normative Programming
I mention a lot, offhand, in this blog and on the podcast,”monogamy-normative programming,” “new attempts at polyamorous community norms”...
Laura Boyle
Jul 22, 20204 min read
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Scene Famous Person Is Assigned Roommate; Throws Fit in Hotel Lobby
Despite it being absolutely standard convention practice and Really Good Luck or a matter of waiving getting paid to not get a roommate;...
Laura Boyle
Jul 20, 20202 min read
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Podcast Episode 6: Polyamory - Married and Dating
Corwin and Laura take apart all the ways the 2012 Season 1 Episodes 1-3 of Polyamory: Married and Dating portray polyamory negatively, or...
Laura Boyle
Jul 18, 20201 min read
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The Most Unexpected Thing About Polyamory
This is one of those topics where everyone might have a different answer. Because of that, I’m making it a series, and I’m literally...
Laura Boyle
Jul 17, 20202 min read
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Find your Flavor of Polyamory
Polyamory is a Choose Your Own Adventure Book The upside of polyamory, as I hope I’ve said on this blog before, and I’ve said in every...
Laura Boyle
Jul 15, 20202 min read
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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...
Laura Boyle
Jul 13, 20203 min read
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Podcast Episode 5: Compersion
Compersion is typically defined in the polyamorous community as happiness at the happiness of one's partner with their other partner(s)....
Laura Boyle
Jul 11, 20201 min read
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All You Need Isn't Love
As I’ve said before, we tend to take for granted that love is the core of whether of a relationship lasts. The Beatles song is strong...
Laura Boyle
Jul 10, 20203 min read
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