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6 Things Jealousy Doesn’t Mean

August 2, 2018 No Comments
a small red heart on a silver grate that looks like it's been recently rained on
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While jealousy may be a very strong emotional signal, it’s not a very specific one. As I’ve written before, it’s easy to panic when you experience jealousy, but it’s very much like a check engine light: Jealousy tells you that something is amiss but not what, exactly. And certainly how serious the issue is or how to really fix it.  » Read more

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Poly/Mono, Polyamory

Post-Poly Exile: On Your Own in the In-Between

February 13, 2017 No Comments
a cat sitting alone next to a breakwater wall next to a large body of water
Image Source by _torne

You Can’t Un-Learn a Thing

Once upon a time, I hadn’t even heard of the word “polyamory.” But when a friend came out to me as polyamorous, that changed forever.

You can’t un-learn a thing.

It was a paradigm shift. I no longer saw a strict binary: Monogamy/non-monogamy. With monogamy, as the ideal goal,  » Read more

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Compersion Isn’t the Opposite of Jealousy. Hurting You Is.

November 8, 2016 No Comments
window being rained on
Image by Gabriele Diwald / CC BY

“The universe is not short on wake-up calls. We’re just quick to hit the snooze button.”

–Brené Brown 

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“You okay?” I ask.

“Yup,” Skypook says. “I’m fine.” But it’s in that too quick, all-systems-go kind of way. How people say it when they want you to leave them alone.  » Read more

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