We live in a digital world filled with handy, on-the-go devices such as personal computers, smart phones and iPads. Because of these devices social media has exploded and given people all over the world an opportunity to meet people they may never have met by conventional means and to explore areas of their lives in the safety of anonymity that they could never explore under the close scrunity of the people they know in the real world.
Browsing: polyamory
I’m continually impressed with the live-and-let live attitude in the lifestyle, where it’s possible to create your own sexual manifesto as long as you don’t impose it on anyone else.
Polyamorous relationships are notorious for not making it past the three year mark.. and many polyamorous relationships fall much shorter than even that. For a long time, that knowledge was a source of frustration for me. Yet another reason why polyamory is a less ‘valid’ relationship style, right? However, maybe it’s not a bug in the system. Maybe it’s a feature.
So, yes, I shut down the site, rather entirely, for almost three weeks. Newer readers probably didn’t notice because the site was cycling through some of our old content, but there was certainly no NEW content being posted. It’s not that I was out of content, mind you, it’s that I was out of enthusiasm. You see, when I began Swingset it was intended to function not only as an educational resource for swingers, but a home to my personal swinging blog. A way I could write about the experiences and questions I’m having; a way I could get these thoughts out into the world. It WAS that for a time as well.
Dylan here – I visited Burning Man this year, and while I fully expected to have a mind-blowing experience, I found myself wrapped up in the loving arms of another woman, and unable to completely handle some of the consequences of that. I had my first little polyamorous experience, a “playawife” for a few days, but I needed to get some of what was on my mind out. So, this recording is me, on-site, at 8am the day after I decided that what I was doing wasn’t going to last. Take a listen, and tell me what you think.
Is there cheating in open relationships, such as Polyamory or Swinging? That depends on your…
Polyamory freaks me out. To be totally honest, I am needy. I require a lot of love and attention from Anne. Lots. Anne and I have discussed polyamory some before. I am uncomfortable sharing her emotionally on that level with someone.
Good day. So I was thinking of writing in the third person to introduce myself…
It seems as though there are so many things to “come out” about these days. Being gay. Being bi. Being an atheist. Being a Wiccan. Being non-monogamous. It’s an unsurprising by-product of a progressing society. Rather than shamefully hiding your atypical lifestyle, you embrace it. You meet others who are like you and develop a circle of gay, atheist, non-monogamous friends. Unfortunately, your parents/family/coworkers/local grocer may not be as embracing of your “atypicality.”
Sandstone retreat, a safe haven for non-monogamy, swinging, and polyamory in the sixties comes under fire and must weather a storm of problems from all directions.