2 Weeks of Non-Monogamy | suggestivetongue

I thought this would be fun and thoughtful. Found [here].

Day 1: Describe the type of non-monogamous relationship you have? You can use an existing category or make up your own!

The labels I?ve used to define the relationship have changed from:

• Open Relationship
• Intimate Friendships
• Friendship Plus

This is really just the way that my boyfriend and I discuss the relationship with one another. When discussing our relationship with other people, we?always go into detail beyond a label. Why? Because if you just tell someone??I?m in an open relationship? they place their assumptions of what that means onto you. Not only do people have assumptions about what it means, but so many people define ?open relationship? differently, so it?s never a sure thing that anyone knows what you?re talking about. It?s good to be on the same page.

I liked?open because that?s what it felt like. Open to new experiences, new people. I later fell for the term intimate friendships, because that?s what it felt like. Developing close friendships with people with the possibility of more intimacy. Really though, things were so varied that when my boyfriend stumbled upon ?friendship plus? it just stuck. We?re looking for friends that can be a little more-than-friends.

Initially we just wanted to have threesomes. It felt like that was a type of?monogamish relationship. Later as we became more experienced we realized that having a more open relationship made sense to us. How could we expect one person to satisfy all of our needs, all of the time, for the rest of time? Having these new people in our lives could allow us to live out all the different facets of our lives that we might not have been able to explore before. It?s helped us grow separately, and together. It definitely changes with time but the intent has pretty much always been the same. To have fun and enjoy our relationship together without too much restriction on individual growth and exploration.

That?s open, intimate,?plus and a little -ish all combined. We took all the bits and pieces we liked from traditional monogamous relationships and all the freedoms we enjoyed that are typically only afforded to single peoples and we mashed it up into our ideal relationship. It?s working great for us ? and because of the great detail there is, and how often it changes, and how little people know about open relationships, I don?t feel any real pressure to find a title for it that sticks. I?ll just keep talking about it as we go.

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