Credit where it's due, I think my ChatGPT sometimes deserves to have its wisdom shared (very slightly) more widely. So here's a swing at that: Me: At my most cynical, I wonder if romance has been so idealised that it is set up to fail. And

One of the enduring ironies about how monogamous culture views polyamory is the way it zeroes in on sex. The assumption runs: these people must have insatiable appetites. One partner couldn't possibly be enough. They're driven by greed, by hunger, by an inability to commit or

My relationship setup means I often spend significant blocks of time with partners – typically days if not weeks. This raises the question of an appropriate way of communicating with non-present partners that avoids a discomforting extended radio silence. There’s no socially-demonstrated protocol for this, and I found myself using

I can confidently say after 15 years of faithful monogamy I'd properly tried it but I guess we were one of the relationship casualties of Covid. I wish I could also say that my entry into polyamory resulted from a long and conscious journey. Truth is, covid hammered