Tag: Link List
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Explaining Polyamory: The Wrap Up
Not much to fix here. Added a few links and fixed some typos/grammar. Updated 9/28/17 So far, we’ve covered an introduction to the Culture Gap, preparations, discussion, and possible reactions. Hopefully, hitting the high points of stuff you should know before explaining your relationship choose to friends or family. The good news is, the more…
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Everything You Need to Know About Polyamory and Pregnancy
Not much to change here. Just your standard link list. Obviously, I’ve found a great deal to add since wrapping up this blog series, since I wrote a whole book on polyamory, pregnancy, and everything that goes along with. But you can still find the basics here. Re-posted March 9, 2017. So, over two months…
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Polyamory Finances Blog Series
This blog series will be mostly for poly folk living in entwined couples and entwined groups. Most solo and single poly folk will generally find their finances no different from any other single person. For the RAs, whether or not this blog series will be helpful will depend on your specific relationships and whether or…
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Polyamory and Mental Illness, Part II
Okay, folks. After a much needed hiatus, I’m going back to tackling polyamory and mental illness. For those who are interested, the old polyamory and mental illness posts are below. Mental Illness: Monster or Myself My approach to mental illness frames it as something outside “who I am”. It is very similar to how I…
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The Polyamory Etiquette Guide
Time for a new topic*, and this one is a doozy. We’re going to be talking about polyamory etiquette. Basic courtesy is always in fashion, but a lot of the cultural customs go flying out the window when you introduce new types of relationships. And etiquette is basically cultural customs for dealing with other people.…
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What Do You Want to Learn About STIs and Safe Sex?
I’m going to pick up and finally finish my extremely drawn out blog series on safe sex and STIs. Last spring I finally finished a run down of various STIs and their symptoms, causes, treatments, etc. Now I want to go back to that series and talk a bit about options when you or someone…
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Raising Children in A Polyamorous Family Wrap Up
With some reluctance, I’m wrapping up the PoP blog series on raising children in polyamorous families. I hope I’ve been able to answer some questions and give some reassurances. I think I’ve covered everything I intended to cover. If you have any questions or concerns I missed, please contact me. I’m always happy to add…
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Polyamory and Children: Child Custody Review
In the last three months, I have learned of four custody cases in which polyamory is being used as a reason for taking children away from their parents. That’s more than I’ve heard of in the last three years. So before we get into more generic stuff about raising children in a poly family, we’re…
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Raising Children in Polyamorous Families
A few years ago I started writing about raising children in polyamorous families. I was never able to finish the series, because my custody case made it a very painful topic for me. Time, while it doesn’t actually heal anything, does give us a chance to heal. So I’m going back to that old series…
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Polyamory and Mental Illness Blog Series
Polyamory and Mental Illness (Guest post by Clementine Morgan) Facts About Mental Illness for Poly Partners Opening Up About Mental Illness How Can I Support my Mentally Ill Poly Partner? (Part 1) How Can I Support my Mentally Ill Poly Partner? (Part 2) A Rant: “I Know I am Being Irrational Right Now” When Polyamory…