Tag: Metamour

  • Polyamory and Children Guest Blog: Marmoset, Metamour and Ice Cream

    Sadly, The Poly Man Whore stopped updating his blog a couple years ago, but you can still check out his old posts. Reposted: June 15, 2017 A few months ago, The Poly Man Whore put up a blog post about the night he and his daughter (the Marmoset) met his wife’s boyfriend (Mister Alvin). He’s…

  • Kitchen Table Polyamory, Parallel Polyamory, and Etiquette

    Kitchen Table Polyamory is a new term even in poly circles. It refers to poly relationships where everyone in the polycule is comfortable sitting together at the kitchen table with a cup of coffee. Folks who prefer kitchen table polyamory want to know their metamours and be friends with them. They may want their kids…

  • Metamours and “Disrespecting the Primary”

    We’re taking a tangent away from etiquette this week. I got a response to last week’s post that deserves some attention. A person on Twitter asked me if they were wrong to not want to meet their metamour. I told them they need to do what is right for them, but I think meeting their…

  • 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…

  • Living with an Abusive Metamour (Guest Post by Liz Gentry)

    This week Liz Gentry of Learning Many Loves has chosen to share her experiences of living with a mentally ill and abusive metamour. Many thanks to Liz for opening up about this difficult experience. Don’t forget to stop back next week, when we’ll be taking a close look at the intersection of abuse and mental…