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...
by Karyn Wittmeyer | Jul 3, 2023 | Agreements, Boundaries, Communication, Insight Building, Jealousy, Labels, Nonmonogamy 101, Relationship Skills, Tripping Hazards
It’s common for people opening their relationships to start out with some ground rules to help them feel more secure in their primary relationship. There’s nothing inherently wrong with having agreements. Every relationship should have them and discuss...
by Karyn Wittmeyer | Jun 19, 2023 | Agreements, Boundaries, Communication, Insight Building, Nonmonogamy 101, Relationship Skills, Tripping Hazards
In the world of nonmonogamy, people often talk about creating agreements, or the impact of breaking agreements. When people first open up, they often feel like they are being responsible, or protecting their relationship, if they first create some rules for them...
