What's your "brand" of polyamory?

Contributor: elfiew elfiew
I know that's a weird question but I think there are definitely different types of polyamorous relationships, different "levels," different "brands"? I don't know exactly how to put it. But I think it would be interesting to see what kind of dynamics are in different relationships. (For ex., currently I am feeling very monogamous because of a sour patch in some past poly stuff, but in polyamory I had one "main" partner with one "secondary" partner, living totally separately without the partners interacting with each other much.) I also haven't had a lot of experience myself, so I'm just interested in seeing opinions of other poly people who may have had more.
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Contributor: NJCPL4FN NJCPL4FN
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Originally posted by elfiew
I know that's a weird question but I think there are definitely different types of polyamorous relationships, different "levels," different "brands"? I don't know exactly how to put it. But I think it would be interesting ... more
Not sure where this fits. I am a married female (married to a male). We share a girlfriend. She does not live with us, but we are currently exclusive as a triad. We 'swing' but only as a triad, but are on hiatus with that for now...because oddly enough, some jealousy issues cropped up between the hubby and girlfriend when they were both sleeping with others (not me). It is a work in progress.
02/07/2016
Contributor: cagypsy cagypsy
I am in a closed triad. I'm the girlfriend of a married couple. We all date each other, and we all live together. They have children who live with us, and I want one of my own to add to the family. All relationships have issues to work through including ours but that is how life goes and nothing is perfect.
12/15/2016
Contributor: OH&W, Lovebears OH&W, Lovebears
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Originally posted by cagypsy
I am in a closed triad. I'm the girlfriend of a married couple. We all date each other, and we all live together. They have children who live with us, and I want one of my own to add to the family. All relationships have issues to work through ... more
To a monogamous couple like us that sounds kind of complicated. Can we ask, how long have you been in the triad relationship ?
Wish you the best.
12/15/2016
Contributor: DancerKittyKat DancerKittyKat
I really like the idea of a closed triad. However, I have heard these are like unicorns, very rare.
12/15/2016
Contributor: jen1447 jen1447
I'm a poly girl. My situation's probably pretty unique. I have 4 main partners - a BF and 3 GFs, then I'm also open beyond that, but with women only, so I have like a secondary tier of girls who aren't GF level but we're close, then another tier outside of that which is even looser, and then the randoms I hook up here and there. All my main GFs have the same liberties, but not the BF. And the same rules apply to their relationships, so if they have BFs, they can only have one and he can't play outside.

I'm definitely the most active outside the circle but I'm kinda the founder and leader of the operation anyway so I suppose that's not too surprising.

btw just ftr, ploy and open aren't synonymous. Poly specifically means multiple concurrent romantic relationships, not just out there hooking up at will. That's being open. A lot of ppl seem to get that mixed up.
01/25/2017
Contributor: VanillaFreeSex VanillaFreeSex
I'm not currently poly because my current partner is the monogamous type. In the past I dated a married couple. We did not see other people once things got serious. Though if I was poly again I probably would not want that restriction. In my younger days I was in what we called an "open" relationship. Didn't know the word "poly" at the time. We were both free to date or have sex with anyone we wanted. We told each other everything.
02/20/2020