The Major Miracle

Last week, in a blog called “Abandonment Issues + Polyamory = Disaster”, I ended with saying that my primary relationship was in need of a major miracle if it were going to be saved.  One day, out of total desperation, I decided I needed to see a therapist...

Abondonment Issues + Polyamory = Disaster

As you may (or may not, if you haven’t been keeping up) remember, my primary partner and I moved in together the last day of 2013. We were faced with many challenges, and I believe were both internally freaking out about how poorly things were going.  We...

What TO Do

The bright spot right in the middle of this past winter, for my primary relationship, was the vacation we took to Costa Rica. We had planned it months before, when things were going well for us, not knowing how badly we would need that time together when it came.  We...

What Not to Do

The next several months of my journey with my primary partner are kind of a blur.  I don’t even know where to begin.  It was not a pleasant time, in my memory, and I’d be willing to bet he feels the same way.  Of course, I’m  not saying it was all...

“Kissing Break!”

We interrupt this program to have a kissing break…. More accurately, I interrupt these blogs about the history of my primary relationship to tell you about what we call kissing breaks. Similar to naked cuddling, this is something I suggest that all couples do. ...

The “Little Things”

You know when people talk about their first year of marriage together, (or the beginning of living together) and refer to it as an “adjustment period”?   Well, frankly, I never knew what they were talking about until I moved in with my current partner. ...