by Maria Merloni | Sep 7, 2013 | Relationships
So there we were, still at this weekend event with tons of attractive women all around my partner, and I was trying my best to get un-triggered and get back to having fun. It wasn’t long, though, before something else happened that brought up all my fears and...
by Maria Merloni | Aug 29, 2013 | Relationships
It’s been a while since I’ve written about my latest adventures in polyamory .(Or should I say “hybrid non-monogamy”? Please read my last post called “The Purification of Swinging” for more info!) My primary partner and I had been...
by Maria Merloni | Aug 21, 2013 | Relationships, S.E.X.
Over the last year or so, having been involved in the “polyamory” community in the Boston, MA area, I have made some observations about the use of terms commonly used to describe non-monogamy. I have looked up some definitions (below) on Wikipedia, just...
by Maria Merloni | Jun 27, 2013 | Relationships
I recently got a response from a reader on one of my blogs that provoked a lot of thought, and I’d like to respond to it here (with the readers’ permission, which I’ve already gotten.) So that I don’t lose anything in the interpretation, I...
by Maria Merloni | Jun 26, 2013 | Relationships
Just to jog your memory (as if you could forget the details of my fascinating life 😉 ), my primary partner had just had sex with someone else for the first time since we’ve been dating, and I kinda freaked out. Then I cried a lot, he supported me, and I felt...
by Maria Merloni | Jun 21, 2013 | Relationships
So, when I left off, I had just had a big reveal about all the fears and insecurities that came up for me when my primary partner had set up a date with “Emily”. The crying that I did after the revealing, and the way my partner so expertly held space for...
