Category Archives: relationships

How to Score with Women

This column may come across as slightly sexist.  I’m sorry for that, but it’s a thread I’ve been pulling that I’m having a hard time getting out of my mind.  You probably could apply this to other dynamics, but I’ve … Continue reading

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Coming Out for the Holidays

The holiday season is fast approaching and many people often wonder how to handle alternative lifestyles such as polyamory and holidays.    I’d like to offer a list of Useful Tips that will help with the Cool Kids/Backward Family interface. … Continue reading

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Ten Tips to Great Poly Relationships

This is my top ten things you can do for great multiple relationships. 1. Don’t try to be a “good” poly person. If you’ve been reading online material a lot, you may have developed an idea of what a good … Continue reading

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Universal Principles

The Polyamorous Misanthrope was supposed to be a weekly column. It was for awhile and then I started drying up for topics.  Why?  Well, as I study polyamory, I see more and more that the advice I give, the lessons … Continue reading

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How Do I Meet People?

Okay, either you’re single or you’ve got your primary relationship solid.  You’re centered in loving each other, you’re communicating great.  Now, you’d like to meet poly people and form some more fantastic relationships. SCREECH! How? That’s going to depend on … Continue reading

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Polyamory and Schedule

It’s not unusual for polyamorous people to start pondering about scheduling. It’s a valid concern, as if you’re poly, you might very well have a lot of people in your life who are important to you and that you want … Continue reading

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The Partner Data File

We all like to do things that make our partners happy. It’s part of the fun of a relationship. A friend of mine is dating a new person. That person’s spouse had kept a file for many years on things … Continue reading

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When the Metal Meets the Meat

“I’ve been in few famous last stands, lad, and they’re butcher shops. That’s what Blouse’s leading you into, mark my words. What’ll you lot do then? We’ve had a few scuffles, but that’s not war. Think you’ll be man enough … Continue reading

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But that Disqualifies ME!!!

There’s been a few discussions going around various polyamory communities talking about relationship rules, tastes in physiques, and a lot of other things. Part of the discussion will invariably involve why some standard or another is wrong. When you dig … Continue reading

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A Good Touchstone

We all have our standards for choosing loves. That’s cool. We should. I’d like to share one of mine: How does he treat someone he isn’t interested in gettin’ busy with? If there’s a significant gap in kindness, courtesy or … Continue reading

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