Posted: May 24, 2021
In this post we talked briefly about not necessarily breaking up, but changing how a relationship looks . The relationship escalator is the societal belief that romantic relationships must continually be working towards new milestones of commitment or they are failing. Some of us prefer...
Posted: May 10, 2021
A lot of the work I do as a therapist deals with one’s self identity and isolation. For some of us, even in a room crowded enough to give a golden retriever social anxiety we feel lonely, out of place. Some of us are in...
Posted: April 26, 2021
There’s an old joke, WASPs have lives, the rest of us have ‘lifestyles’. While I personally don’t love that mindset, I can not change how our society uses their words. If your “lifestyle” has a flag, you’ve likely had one of the most universal questions...
Posted: April 19, 2021
A young polywog of the 2000s I was very excited to see a show called “Everybody Loves Raymond”, thinking that finally some producers and execs finally had a show for me. Very disappointed to find out the title was a lie , I saw yet...
Posted: April 12, 2021
IT’S HAPPENING!!! You’re no longer just roleplaying as polyamorous (or whatever form of ethical nonmonogamy), you have a new partner or metamour. How exciting! Now it’s time to learn about the best and worst part of being poly, NRE. New Relationship Energy, known in the...
Posted: April 5, 2021
It’s happening! Your SO has started talking to someone, is on a (first?) date, or is playing in a scene. You’re mustering all the compersion you can, and still you’re having you’re own personal Mr. Brightside moment worrying about your own Jolene . Often, even...