Ethical non-monogamy

Real accounts fromwomen and couples.

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In their own words
I wish I would’ve talked to more people before jumping in.
Trial by Fire…
It’s not weakness. It’s where I get to let go.
Good Wife. Great Mom. And Finally… a Total Woman
It was like a breath. Like I’d been waiting to exhale.
Becoming the Goddess: A Sexual (Re)Awakening at 60
Why this is useful

Not advice. What actually happened.

Much of what shapes ethical non-monogamy happens in private, and almost none of it gets written down by the people who lived it.

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“Will opening up end my marriage?”

Burning Down the “Mrs.” — a band director who did everything right, and what happened when honesty finally cost her the life she had built.

02

“I asked for it. Why did I feel awful afterwards?”

She Thought It Was Just Research… — she got the night she had asked for, cried until morning, and worked out what it meant on her own.

03

“Everyone else seems fine with this. I’m not.”

Catholic Guilt, Hotel Doors, and Unexpected Freedom… — raised to believe pleasure was a sin. The first night ended in tears; what came after was a couple who could actually talk.

Before you read

Every word was read back before it ran.

Every piece was made with the person in it, who read it in full and approved it before it ran — and can have it taken down at any time. Nothing in this archive was scraped, overheard or invented.

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