Polyamory positively possesses language issue. Therefore I’ll start determining how I’m utilizing certain terms in this blog…
Among the first items that anybody who’s a new comer to poly/open relationships notices is we have to work especially hard to unpack that we seem to have our own language: primaries, metamours, compersion, etc. That’s because words come with baggage which.
Our culture generally acknowledges just a few standard kinds of relationships, which means that a lot of people within the mainstream don’t shortage for terms to explain and talk about their relationships. Often they don’t need certainly to explain to anybody just what a “wife” or “boyfriend” means.
But relationships aren’t one-size-fits-all. Not relationships in mono tradition. Ever understood a person who means their intimate partner because their “girl/boyfriend” — but their partner will not notice it in that way after all? Continue reading