What is polyamory?

Polyamory Married and Dating - 2012 was released on: USA: 12 July 2012

I personally subscribe to the belief that everyone should do what works for them and if a polyamory relationship is what it takes to get someone to a happy place, then I'm all for it.

The Montel Williams Show - 1991 Multiple Love Polyamory was released on: USA: 29 November 2005

Polyamory Married and Dating - 2012 1-1 SUSPENDED was released on: USA: 12 July 2012

Polyamory Married and Dating - 2012 Triggers 2-2 was released on: USA: 22 August 2013

Polyamory Married and Dating - 2012 Boundaries 2-5 was released on: USA: 12 September 2013

Polyamory Married and Dating - 2012 Disconnected 2-3 was released on: USA: 29 August 2013

Polyamory Married and Dating - 2012 We Are One 1-7 was released on: USA: 23 August 2012

Look at the root words... "poly" = multiple; "amor" = to love. Adding to that,... Polygamy is actually a variation OF polyamory. polyamory is the love of more than one person, or in the more current sense, having physical relations with more than one person, commited or not. Polygamy is having more than one spouse, or multiple marriages. While there are no laws against polyamory (barring any laws against homosexual acuivities if applicable) in most… Read More

Polyamory Married and Dating - 2012 Serious Affairs 2-6 was released on: USA: 19 September 2013

Polyamory Married and Dating - 2012 The Road Ahead 2-8 was released on: USA: 3 October 2013

Polyamory Married and Dating - 2012 The Poly Life 1-1 was released on: USA: 12 July 2012

Polyamory Married and Dating - 2012 Poly Potluck 1-5 was released on: USA: 9 August 2012

Polyamory Married and Dating - 2012 Poly Lovers 1-3 was released on: USA: 26 July 2012

Polyamory (several males and females living as a unit) is simply another arrangement in human relations and family construction. The benefits are those of any marriage or common-law relationship.

Actually, swinger is the slang term for people who practice polyamory.

Some people have made the decision in life to go against the Western tradition of only having a single romantic partner at a time. This is known as "Polyamory," and it works well for some people. The key to being happy in a polyamorous relationship is to be open and honest with the other people in that relationship, and make sure they approve of your polyamory. Lying will destroy any relationship, whether or not it… Read More

Thomas Schroedter has written: 'Polyamory' -- subject(s): Open marriage, Non-monogomous relationship, Sexual ethics

A whole band cannot date a single person, that is called polyamory and it is generally frowned upon.

Compersion is a term used by practitioners of polyamory or swingers to describe the experience of taking pleasure when one's partner is with another person. It was originally coined by the Kerista Commune in San Francisco[1] (or possibly by the ZEGG community in Germany[2]) which practiced polyfidelity, and has since been adopted throughout the culture of polyamory. The term is often expressed as "the opposite of jealousy",[2] since that term is used to describe one's… Read More

Thousands, literally. Get on a website like swing lifestyle, adult friend finder, or any of the other larger polyamory websites and search your local area. You'll be suprised how many people are out there.

They could, but they shouldn't. Polyamory is not approved of by most people, and love is and should be between only one human and one human. No one should ever cheat.

there are alot of different kinds and branches: polyamory heterosexual homosexual bisexual pansexual omnisexual asexual autosexual transsexual cisgender hermaprodite these are just a few, u can look up the definitions to help you better understand them, i hope this helps

A Joining Ceremony is for those consenting adults who wish to pledge mutual support to one another but who are unable or unwilling to join in legal matrimony. There may be many reasons for this, including protection of pension rights, same sex unions, polyamory, S&M relationships, and non-concurrence with the state regulation of marriage.

The simplest answer is it's the difference in legality. I live in a polyamorous relationship termed poly-fidelity. I have my wife and our live in 3rd who has been with us exclusively for several years. But because she cannot legally marry me/us, she is not recognized under the laws of the US as entitled to anything, benefits or rights, that a married woman would normally have. In Africa where it is legal to have more… Read More

Every person in the relationship is used to being surrounded by people who love them but as they grow older old start to die one of them is going to end up being alone. ______ I don't know what that was supposed to have to do with polyamory,... But here's my take on it having been in the lifestyle for over 15 years with my wife and living in a full time triad for the… Read More

Ideally, because they don't correlate love with sexual monogamy. They also are aroused by and have no jealousy over their partner giving and receiving sexual pleasure with outside people. Swinging is about having sexual relationships, not necessarily romantic ones, with other individuals or couples (having outside romantic relationships is polyamory). Couples who swing view each other and their relationship as their emotional 'home base'---even while they enjoy sexual relationships with other people, either mutually or… Read More

Cheating is when one of two partners in an exclusive relationship breaks the exclusivity of that relationship without the knowledge, understanding, or consent of the other person in the relationship. This does not include polyamory or open relationships. In situations where all parties are aware of and are okay with the fact that there is sex happening between two or more people, at least one of whom is not involved in the relationship, it is… Read More

Glove compartment is the girl's vagina, isn't accurately named meaning more than one person's usage of it. And of course, you are the last one to know out of everybody else. Thus You try and take control and propose an orderly change. Behind its door, once again a metaphor for vagina, as it is being used in polyamory, loses its warmth for your fingers. Gross as it is, souveniers from better times litterally means semen… Read More

It appears that women all around the country actively participate in sharing their partners. If you are wondering about the sheer numbers you may find there aren't many studies done to determine the volume of participation although some would suggest that the numbers in the US are in the hundreds of thousands or maybe even several million. Remember that there is wide range of activities that people can partake of that include both partners plus… Read More

The so-called "new age movement" is broad in scope so it is difficult to make generalizations. The most obvious features are an increasing interest in the ideas of eastern spirituality such as zen Buddhism, taoism, and yoga as well as non traditional medicines like Chinese herbalism and acupuncture. Even alternative diets such as vegatarian, vegan, macrobiotic owe alot of their popularity to the new age movement . the most common focus of new age practices… Read More