advice
OKCupid for the Polyamorous (Syndicated)
by Polytical | Jan 30 2012Polyamory is all very nice and lovely, but not exactly something you can practice all by yourself. A recurring question in forums is: “where can I find these people?” Often, someone will recommend OKCupid, a free dating site. This was how I first heard about OKCupid (OKC), and after months of hesitation I found myself cumbersomely creating my first ever public dating profile. You see, I had never used dating sites before, and had some old-fashioned preconceptions about people who... Tags: advice, Personal Stories, Resources
Ask Polly: how do I come out to my conservative parents? (Syndicated)
by Polytical | Jan 25 2012Welcome to Ask Polly, the UK’s first poly advice column! We invite readers to send poly-related questions to our resident columnist, Polly, and she’ll do her very best to offer advice. You’re also very much encouraged to join the conversation in the comments. Polly can be contacted by email, on polly at polytical dot org, or via Polytical’s Facebook or twitter. Ask Polly will be published twice a month, and you can read more here. Dear Polly, How do I come out to my... Tags: advice
Something About Responsibility (Syndicated)
by Polytical | Jan 23 2012When Faun tells me he’s afraid of losing his attraction for me, or that there is a block in his desire for me, the cold sets in. Waves of chills running up from my toes and engulfing my torso. I’m suddenly acutely aware of my pulse, which seems to be turning to palpitations, and a wave of fury is a bad cover for the panic in my chest. Oh, and I can’t breathe. The world seems to freeze, and I feel almost out of control of my physical self. And these are my feelings, my physical responses, and... Tags: advice, communication, deal breaker, negotiaton, Personal Stories, processing, responsibility, Spirituality
Resolutions (Syndicated)
by The Life and Charlotte Times | Jan 10 2012THe last time I was asked out on a date was by a guy. It was a several months ago, he went out of town before our date, came back, and I didn’t hear from him. When we finally made contact he admitted we could not go out due to something that had happened to him when he was out of town. Since my brain is a TV show that ranges from a Showtime Original Series to Portlandia style sketch comedy, here’s what I believe happened. Dude was at the airport on the return portion of his trip,... Tags: advice
Ask Polly: Labels, Starting Out and Being A Secondary (Syndicated)
by Polytical | Jan 05 2012Welcome to Ask Polly, the UK’s first poly advice column! We invite readers to send poly-related questions to our resident columnist, Polly, and she’ll do her very best to offer advice. You’re also very much encouraged to join the conversation in the comments. Polly can be contacted by email, on polly at polytical dot org, or via Polytical’s facebook or twitter. Ask Polly will be published twice a month, and you can read more here. Hi Polly, So, I’m sort of seeing... Tags: advice, community, Personal Stories, Resources
Blerf (Syndicated)
by The Life and Charlotte Times | Jan 04 2012Blerf. That’s all the brain signals want my fingers to type. Blerf. Blerf does not make for a good blog entry, but it totally sums up how I’m feeling just days before my birthday. My Blerf-Day. Going from 40 to IN MY 40s isn’t phasing me. What’s phasing me is that I’m too busy to plan or even enjoy my special day. I need to be the mama to tell the drama to SHHHHH. You best be hushin’, drama. Gimme one day that’s mine. Allow me to address a major source... Tags: advice
Slap and Tickle (Syndicated)
by The Life and Charlotte Times | Dec 20 2011Hello Dollies! Merry Merry and Happy Happy. Photo courtesy of Insomniac Studios, St. Louis, Missouri. I’ve been looking for the post I wrote on here last year about how the boyfriend got me in his car, put duct tape over my eyes, took me to a secret location, had his way with me, and when we talked out of the building we were surrounded by cops. I can’t find that post. I thought it would be the perfect best of sex post for 2011. I mean, come on. Any sex that begins with being... Tags: advice, polyamory
Polytical launches “Ask Polly”, a new poly advice column! (Syndicated)
by Polytical | Dec 05 2011We’re pleased to announce Polytical’s first regular feature: an advice column, ‘Ask Polly’! We’d like to invite readers to send in poly-related questions – anything and everything is absolutely welcome, and we’ll do our very best to offer some advice! You can contact Polly by email, on polly at polytical dot org, via the Polytical twitter (write to @Polyticalorg and use #askpolly) or via the Polytical Facebook page. If your question or problem is really... Tags: advice, community, Resources
PW 297: Poly for the holidays (Syndicated)
by Poly Weekly | Nov 29 2011Advice on the ins and outs of being poly around friends and relatives during the holidays Download the mp3 directly Introduction Under 18? Stop listening now and visit http://www.scarleteen.com 1:30 Topic: Poly for the holidays Sometimes it’s tough to be poly over the holidays. Which relatives are you out to? Can you introduce your lover to your auntie May? How do you schedule family time? Listeners wrote in via Facebook and Twitter to ask the toughest holiday-related poly issues, and... Tags: advice, christmas, Family, holiday, Living situations, metamour, metamours, relationships, Thanksgiving, Uncategorized
GERM WARFARE! (Syndicated)
by The Life and Charlotte Times | Nov 18 2011Dooooood. *Groan* I’ve got snoticles in my chest. *cough cough* I sound like a three pack a day-er. I haven’t been sick since March. Kids go back to school and the world becomes a germ filled petri dish. And people laugh when I wipe down shopping cart handles. Have you ever grabbed one and found the handle was greasy? Wasn’t there a study that said shopping cart handles were germier than toilet seats? Just typing that made my stomach churn. Thanks but no thanks. I’ll... Tags: advice
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