Plura

Polyamory Support Group

Are you interested in polyamory but lost in the sea of terms and interpretations? Yeah, I’ve been actively poly since 2012 and I still find it confusing at times. Hierarchical, non-hierarchical, kitchen table, solo, garden party (seriously? Garden party?), anarchy, vee, quad, parallel… Ugh!

There’s a lot of watered-down information out there that misses some of the most important information that can help keep you from getting hurt, or accidentally hurting others. That’s where this support group comes in. We’ll talk about what are, and what’s not, healthy Polyamory best practices with topics like:

  1. What is polyamory vs ethical non-monogamy?
  2. The importance of radical honesty and communication
  3. The nightmare of scheduling
  4. Managing jealousy
  5. Managing expections
  6. What does the first year of poly look like?
  7. Tips to tell if a potential partner understands basic poly concepts
  8. What’s the Polyamory Bill of Rights?
  9. What is couple’s privilege?
  10. Does a poly relationship have to include sex?
  11. Are all sexual relationships poly?

As we always say, we definitely have answers, but we can’t promise they’re the right ones. What we can promise is that with nearly 15 years of positive poly experiences, we can’t be completely off-base. Though I do regret when I said Solo poly was when Han Solo was in a relationship with Princess Leia and Chewbacca at the same time. And now I’m already regretting that joke.

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