Posts Tagged 'monogamy'

Gay Marriage and the Relationship Revolution

by Robyn Trask

Gay marriage is being hotly debated all around the country. In an effort to block marriage equality for gays and lesbians ultra conservatives make the argument that marriage is about procreation and serving the interests of society. The challenge is this argument does not hold up under even the slightest scrutiny and actually shines a light on what many conservatives are really being challenged by; that is the relationship revolution as an expansion of the sexual revolution.

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Categories: bisexual, gay, Polyamory, Polyamory Articles, Relationships, The Next Generation

Tags: Love and Romance, marriage, monogamy, Polyamory, Relationship choices, relationship revolution, Robyn Trask, Romance, sexual revolution

The Primary Difference Between Polyamory and Monogamy

By Mystic Life

The reason most traditional relationships end is due to one (or more) of what I’ll refer to as “The Three D’s”: Drifting, Dysfunction and Desire.

Drifting occurs when two people evolve in different directions, and no longer feel a common bond that they once shared. Of course, a certain degree of variation in interests and values is typical, but when members of a relationship have significantly “drifted ...

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Categories: Polyamory, Polyamory Articles, Relationships

Tags: marriage, monogamy, open relationships, polyamory monogamy difference differences cheating love loving another more than one person soulmate, Relationships, successfull polyamory

Redefining Faithfulness

By Mystic Life

I was recently asked, via my blog, to respond to the question I’ve listed below from a woman who was (like most of us) raised to be monogamous.

Upon reflection, I felt that my response may be helpful to readers who are still in the process of defining their values, or who perhaps have friends or family who try to challenge their choice to be polyamorous by stating it requires them to be “unfaithful” to their partner.

“Why is it ...

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Categories: Polyamory, Polyamory Articles, Relationships

Tags: cheating, faithfulness, Loving More, monogamy, open relationships, Polyamory, Polyamory articles, polyamory polyamorous poly faithful faithfulness cheat cheating deception honesty honest love, relationship revolution, Spiritual Polyamory, successfull polyamory

Real Polyamorous Families

The concept of polyamory is often misunderstood by the general public and the media. Tell someone you are polyamorous and it conjures images for the average person of swing parties and clubs with people getting it on in dark corners or polygamous families with men controlling unhappy sister wives and lots of children. These images perpetuated by Hollywood are not polyamory, nor do they even represent the swing lifestyle or polygamy accurately.

When it come to families and polyamory, ...

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Categories: Media Reactions, Poly Parenting, Polyamory, Polyamory Articles, Relationships

Tags: Love, monogamy, nuclear family, open relationships, Polyamory, Polyamory Parenting, relationship revolution, Robyn Trask

My 1st Exposure to Polyamory: The Witches of Eastwick

Back in college I went to a party with some friends who were visiting from out of town, and apparently one of the women at the party had noticed me. She called and asked if I’d like to go to a movie with her. I honestly had no recollection of who she was until we met, and it would turn out later that I actually liked her friend (a recurring theme for many years during my monogamous phase). The movie ...

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Categories: Polyamory, Polyamory Articles, Relationships

Tags: Love, Loving More, marriage, monogamy, open relationships, Polyamory, polyamory poly polyamorous jealousy control ownership cheating infidelity, relationship revolution, traditional family

Is Marriage The Union We Want?

Marriage is a hot topic these days, from gay activists fighting for equality to the conservative right insisting marriage is the very foundation of civilization and allowing gay marriage is a sign of the destruction of society. Then there is the slippery slope argument that if we allow same sex marriage it will lead to legalized polygamy and “oh my god” polyamory. Not to mention people will ...

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Categories: Polyamory, Polyamory Articles, Relationships

Tags: Civil Unions, Love, Loving More, marriage, monogamy, nuclear family, open relationships, relationship revolution, traditional family

More Thoughts on Spiritual Polyamory

by Mystic Life, Author of Spiritual Polyamory

I used to believe that the world would be a better place if everyone was polyamorous. Perhaps in a utopian world in which there was no ego, no fear, and no childhood wounds, that would be true. However, I’ve come to learn that people need to be where they’re at, and not push themselves beyond their personal boundaries in order to fit some ideal.

When ...

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Categories: Polyamory, Polyamory 101, Polyamory Articles, Relationships

Tags: Love, monogamy, open relationships, Polyamory, Polyamory Updates, relationship revolution, Spiritual Polyamory, successfull polyamory

What is Polyamory?

It is not surprising there is so much confusion when the question “What is polyamory?” comes up. Words have both definitions and connotations that build over time heavily influenced by the culture around them. Polyamory was only recently added to the dictionary(2006); first Webster’s and then the Oxford English Dictionary. Webster’s is “the state or practice of having more than one open romantic relationship at a time” ...

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Categories: Polyamory, Polyamory 101, Polyamory Articles

Tags: Loving More, monogamy, open relationships, Origins of Polyamory, Polyamory, polyamory information, Polyamory Updates, relationship revolution, Romance

What’s Sex Got To Do With It?

Polyamory sends visions of orgies and free love to most people who first hear the term and definition. Even after careful explanation to the uninitiated, they still walk away thinking polyamory equals f***ing anything that moves. This belief that polyamory is about sex is what send people into a frenzy about morality, commitment and family values. The Montel show did a wonderful show on polyamory but when one of the poly ...