Hierarchy vs Life Partner
This person wants a live-in life partner for major decisions, but their current partner opposes hierarchy and must move to another continent.
Topic
Relationship progression
Now that you have your relationship(s), where does it go from here? How do you deal with marriage or raising a family?
Episode 174 - Kitchen Table Parallel Polyamory
Is it possible to be kitchen table polyam and also have parallel relationships? Absolutely. There is no rule.
Episode 173 - Polyamory Chicken
Your brain is telling you a lie: slowing down their relationship won't make your relationship safer.
Episode 170 - Dating Serial Monogamists
All relationships end anyway. Some just come with a clearer expiration date than others.
Episode 168 - Kitchen Table Drama
The hinge is not hinging, and then the two metas have to negotiate with each other like the hinge is a hostage.
Partner Won't Let Me Date Others After Trying Polyamory
After trying polyamory for a year, this couple faces a fundamental incompatibility: one partner needs non-monogamy while the other needs monogamy.
Forbidding an Ex
Forbidding your partner from dating an ex when starting out in polyamory may feel like a good idea, but it's not doing what you think it is.
Episode 158 - Hierarchies and Polyamory
When your primary partner only wants to have threesomes other partners and not you, it may not be a good sign.
Partner Application
When asked to fill out a form for a relationship, it makes sense to be a little sceptical.
Taking It Slow
Making rules to slow down your partner's other relationships makes logical sense, but it rarely works.