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Is There Such A Thing As Too Many Partners?
No. *Mic drop. Walk away.* But, in all seriousness, your personal level of polysaturation is exactly that - personal. It’s based on your...
Laura Boyle
Mar 1, 20213 min read
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Metamour's Day and the Winner of Our Giveaway!
Today is Metamour's Day, February 28. They picked this day to celebrate the partners of our partners because it's twice the number of...
Laura Boyle
Feb 28, 20212 min read
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Season 2 Episode 10: Polyamory and Power Exchange
This week's planned episode was derailed by that greatest of derailing forces of the last 12 months, COVID-19. In place of our planned...
Laura Boyle
Feb 27, 20212 min read
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How to be a Polyamorous Leader and Educator
Teach and speak very authoritatively about all aspects of non-monogamy - even those that you’ve never experienced. Talk about “things...
Laura Boyle
Feb 24, 20212 min read
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Increasing Legal Recognition of Polyamory and a giveaway!
Last year, Somerville, MA, became the first city in the USA to recognize multiple partner domestic partnerships. As many and varied...
Laura Boyle
Feb 22, 20213 min read
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Season 2 Episode 9: Why We Fight and How We Make Up
"But what if your partner gave you a bouquet of spoons, instead?" This week on the Ready for Polyamory Podcast, I got a chance to talk...
Laura Boyle
Feb 20, 20212 min read
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Parallel Polyamory Doesn’t Just Mean Siloed Relationships
When talking about parallel polyamory, books and theories often present it in strict opposition to kitchen table polyamory, so they’re...
Laura Boyle
Feb 17, 20212 min read
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You Can't Just "Shut It Down"
Some books and theories seem to treat newer relationships, or secondary relationships, like they’re with ideas, rather than with people....
Laura Boyle
Feb 15, 20214 min read
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Season 2 Episode 8:Coming Out Part 2
"Isn't that cat toes?" Today, in the second half of their conversation, our heroes from last week continue on their epic Quest For...
Laura Boyle
Feb 13, 20212 min read
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Combining D/s Relationships and Polyamory
One of many relationship dynamics that a polycule or a given hinge partner might end up balancing is different partners’ comfort, need...
Laura Boyle
Feb 12, 20212 min read
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Anniversaries
One of the fun things about having lots of partners and lots of love is lots of anniversaries to celebrate. I understand that pop culture...
Laura Boyle
Feb 10, 20214 min read
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Places You Might Have Found Polyamory
During our podcast recording for the coming out episodes, more than half of the folks in the digital room said part of the process was...
Laura Boyle
Feb 8, 20215 min read
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Season 2 Episode 7: Coming Out (Part 1)
"Did we really need to know this? We knew you were weird." On today's episode, the first half of a really great roundtable discussion on...
Laura Boyle
Feb 6, 20212 min read
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Think of a polycule as a complex lake system
Polyamorous networks have many points of overlap, but that doesn’t mean they have tons of failure points, necessarily… more that they...
Laura Boyle
Feb 3, 20212 min read
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Season 2 Episode 6: Boundaries
"When you step in dog shit, you don't throw your shoes out, you clean the shit off." Laura and guests Gina, Sarah, Corwin, and Ken (all...
Laura Boyle
Jan 30, 20212 min read
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Compatibility is Less Obvious Than You'd Think
It seems like the primary problem for a polyamorous person would be “do we get along well enough to date?” and then “are they interested...
Laura Boyle
Jan 26, 20213 min read
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Podcast Season 2 Episode 5: Polyamory: Married and Dating Episodes 4-7
"Remind me not to go to any of YOUR soirées." In today's episode Laura and Corwin tear apart the tropes and stereotypes in the second...
Laura Boyle
Jan 23, 20212 min read
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Boundaries are for Everyone
We talk a lot about boundaries in the context of partnerships or our metamours (and making sure we have the degree of closeness or lack...
Laura Boyle
Jan 19, 20215 min read
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Podcast Season 2 Episode 4: Off Escalator Relationships
"I mean, really I just want to scream it from the rooftops that I love these humans - that's my important thing." The Relationship...
Laura Boyle
Jan 16, 20212 min read
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Breakups in Polyamory
We’ve been talking quite a bit about avoiding breakups and fights and misunderstandings lately. Or at least, just sort of touching the...
Laura Boyle
Jan 15, 20216 min read
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