#poly acceptance

[still-the-seventh]

Fingers crossed for Olu / Jim / Archie polycule representation

[polyamorousmood]

I love getting new followers on the blog, because 20% of the time that person goes through and likes 20+ posts at the same time. We are so starved for representation but I'm doing my motherfucking part. I see you all. We see each other.

One day not so far away as you fear, polyamory will be normal and accepted and visible everywhere. 💙❤️🖤

[polyamorousmood]

Love triangles only exist because we as a society have decided its better to force people to cut off a source of joy than to confront jealousy

[polyamorousmood]

[still-the-seventh]

Polyamory

I trust my partners when they say they love me and want to be with me.

If a partner wants to experience something with a new person, I will support them to have a happy and fulfilling experience - because I want them to be happy and fulfilled.

It is normal and okay to be unable to fulfill all your partner's different and varying needs. This does not mean you don't love them. This does not mean you're not enough.

It is unreasonable to expect that all the facets of my romantic / intimate / sexual being can be fulfilled by just one person.

It is unfair to put the responsibility of fulfilling all of my romantic / intimate / sexual needs onto just one person.

I understand that one person may not have the time / energy / ability to give me the intimacy that I need at any given time.

I can love and be devoted to more than one person at a time.

Having more than one partner does not mean that 'anything goes'. I am faithful to my partners. They are faithful to theirs.

Having more than one partner allows me to explore different aspects of romance / intimacy / sexuality within a safe, loving, committed relationship.

Being able to exercise different sides of romance / intimacy / sexuality means that I return to partners recharged and enthused for more of their type of romance / intimacy / sexuality, so these things don't go stale.

My partners support each other to love me more. I support my metas to love my partner more. Additional partners are not a threat to my existing relationships.

- Love is not a finite resource.

[still-the-seventh]

I had to stop wearing my original wedding ring about a year ago and today my mum told me she was buying me a replacement - in rainbow patina so that it represents both my husband of 5 years and my girlfriend of 10 years and I am just so fucking overwhelmed that she would so effortlessly acknowledge how my girlfriend holds an equal status in my eyes and is every bit as important and loved as my husband and we NEVER talk about this stuff as a family and it's all just a bit much aND NO, YOU'RE CRYING!