Tag: Introductions

  • Introducing Your Polyamorous Partners to Each Other

    I’ve talked elsewhere about why I think it is important for metamours to meet at least once. The short version: 1) It helps with general comfort levels in the relationship and allows everyone to know everyone else as a person, and not an imaginary caricature. 2) Because you could get hit by a bus tomorrow. Nothing…

  • Introductions in Polyamorous Relationships

    July will be Introductions month in our etiquette series. I touched on introductions and specifically introducing poly partners and metamours to friends and family, in June. But I’d like to go in-depth on introductions. July topics will include introducing poly partners to each other, etiquette for when you are introduced to your partner’s other partner…

  • Etiquette for Polyamory Partners and Children

    I talked about interactions between poly partners and children a couple of times in the Raising Children in a Poly Family blog series. But this apparently an issue a lot of people stress about, so I’m going to pull it all together in one place. This article assumes that you want your children to meet…

  • Introducing Your Polyamory Partners and Metamours

    Introductions are fairly universal. You bring person A over to Person B and you say “Person B, I’d like to introduce Person A” or some variation on that theme. In a social situation, it can be good to add something about the person. “Person A is a big Star Trek fan.” Try to make this…