Envy, or FOMO (fear of missing out), or a subset of what we generally call jealousy, is undeniably real in polyamory. But it’s undeniably...

"You're nesting- like little birds!" Laura this week examines labels for relationships (rather than labels for self-identity) and how...

Sometimes, when you’re coming up with an agreement or a rule that a hinge is going to have to apply in more than one relationship (say, a...

Some people (like yours truly) are talkers - they show interest by sharing the everyday and mundane in any format available to them...

"I don't remember exactly what I was scared of, but I'm pretty sure it was younger, blonder, and prettier than me, at least." In today's...

And that title isn’t a Jedi mind trick. Nine times out of ten, your conflict “because of your metamour” isn’t actually a metamour...

I get asked questions about triads a lot. This is contributed to by several factors, I think. First, because a lot of mainstream media...

"So, you know, I have to watch out for standard bad coping mechanisms like drinking too much and getting under someone to get over...

On April 28, the popular Facebook Watch show “Red Table Talk,” (a vehicle for Jada Pinkett Smith, Willow Smith, and Jada’s mother...

After traditional childhood and young adult milestones of high school and college and their attendant clubs, sports, fraternities,...

Here’s my ‘hot take’ - relationships aren’t that hard. The popular image of relationships as struggle and a desert or an ocean that you’d...

"You know, flowers and... I don't know, what's like a flower? Rose colored glasses?" As an expansion of last week's podcast, Laura...

"I feel like you're telling me a true story here-" Laura and David answer the important questions about application and theory of...

On April 28, 2021, Arlington, MA joined its neighbors Somerville and Cambridge in allowing legal recognition of domestic partnership...

One of the questions that people often ask each other early on in potential polyamrous relationships is “how do you do polyamory?” This...

"Externally, I haven't changed much - I'm always going to be a possum in goth makeup - but internally I'm very different than just a few...

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

One of the tenets of the Relationship Anarchist Manifesto is “Heterosexism is rampant, but don’t let fear lead you.” It is expanded into...

"I just want to note, after giving so many lectures the past few months and being asked a lot about being a 'good poly person' - there...

Attachment theory, broadly speaking, is looking at human success as determined by connection and emotional bond-building. The original...