by Karyn Wittmeyer | Oct 23, 2023 | Agreements, Boundaries, Communication, General Information, Insight Building, Nonmonogamy 101, Relationship Skills, Sexual Health, Tripping Hazards
In a previous blog post, I discussed the difference between rules, agreements, boundaries, and limits. I didn’t spend a lot of time discussing why it’s so important to have exact language and, more importantly, to make sure you and whomever you are talking to have the...
by Karyn Wittmeyer | Oct 16, 2023 | Attachment, Boundaries, Communication, Insight Building, Jealousy, Nonmonogamy 101, Relationship Skills, Tripping Hazards
In our first post about jealousy, we talked about the difference between jealousy and envy, explained why people may feel jealous, and began discussing ways that people utilize different behaviors to avoid either feeling jealous or learning to sit with the emotions to...
by Karyn Wittmeyer | Oct 9, 2023 | Communication, General Information, Insight Building, Jealousy, Nonmonogamy 101, Relationship Skills, Tripping Hazards
Our first post in this series talked about some of the ways people try to avoid jealousy, and begins talking about those behaviors. Our post this week looks at what needs might be under that feeling so that you can identify them and work to get them met. The Needs...
by Karyn Wittmeyer | Jul 31, 2023 | Agreements, Boundaries, Communication, Insight Building, Jealousy, New Relationship Energy, Nonmonogamy 101, Relationship Skills, Tripping Hazards
When people think about agreements, sometimes they only think about them as big, monolithic edicts written in stone. But many agreements are small or temporary: I’ll wash the dishes if you do the laundry; Let’s never visit this restaurant again. Many...
by Karyn Wittmeyer | Jul 17, 2023 | Agreements, Boundaries, Communication, Insight Building, Nonmonogamy 101, Relationship Skills, Tripping Hazards
How To Know When Your Agreement Will Fail or When You’ll Fail Your Agreement. Even when you are trying to minimize agreements in your relationships and be the purest relationship anarchist you can be, humans still have basic agreements that we abide by if we want to...
by Karyn Wittmeyer | Jul 10, 2023 | Agreements, Boundaries, Communication, Insight Building, New Relationship Energy, Nonmonogamy 101, Relationship Skills, Terms, Tripping Hazards
Polyfidelity can be a contentious subject in the nonmonogamy community. Many people accuse it of just being monogamy with more steps. They might be right some of the time, but I’m not sure that it’s anyone’s business to judge those people. The important point is...
