Needs and Wants
One of the big upsides of polyamory folks often point out is that you have the option of getting your emotional and relational needs met...
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Laura Boyle
- Mar 10, 2021
- 5 min
Cambridge, MA Passes Polyamorous Domestic Partnership Ordinance
Remember, on the podcast, we were talking about how Cambridge was working on changes to its domestic partnership ordinance to make it...
Laura Boyle
- Jul 15, 2020
- 2 min
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 8, 2020
- 2 min
Independence is important
In polyamory in general, independence and autonomy are important. If you’re in a couple that is trying to open up to polyamory for the...
Laura Boyle
- May 13, 2020
- 4 min
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...
Laura Boyle
- Apr 17, 2020
- 5 min
Love Languages and Polyamory
The idea of “love languages,” or that some people express love in different ways than others, has in some form or another been around...
Laura Boyle
- Apr 15, 2020
- 5 min
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...
Laura Boyle
- Apr 3, 2020
- 5 min
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...
Laura Boyle
- Mar 18, 2020
- 2 min
Kitchen Table Polyamory and Parallel Polyamory: Introduction
Today's post introduces an eight post series on the spectrum of parallel and kitchen table polyamory. There are wonderful, healthy...
Laura Boyle
- Mar 11, 2020
- 14 min
Just The STI Facts, Ma'am
If you don’t get my extremely dated reference, that man is a character from one of the first police procedurals, the 1950s Dragnet, Joe...
Laura Boyle
- Mar 6, 2020
- 4 min
The Relationship Escalator
The concept of the relationship escalator has existed for as long as modern nuclear families, but the term was coined in 2012, when Amy...
Laura Boyle
- Mar 4, 2020
- 3 min
Questions to Ask When Dating While Polyamorous
These are important questions to think about if you haven’t, and to include your answers and get your potential partners’ answers in...
Laura Boyle
- Mar 2, 2020
- 6 min
Navigating Boundaries and Agreements When You're Both Polyamorous
Last time we were discussing the formation of relationship agreements, we were talking about people who were coming to polyamory...
Laura Boyle
- Feb 25, 2020
- 3 min
What Are Relationship Agreements?
The central tenet of polyamory, and of all ethical non-monogamy, is “Make agreements within your relationships, and stick to them.” Some...
Laura Boyle
- Feb 24, 2020
- 3 min
What Is Polyamory, Anyway?
Polyamory is a made-up English word for a variety of non-traditional relationships that makes classicists cringe, because it mixes Greek...
