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Often people who are poly only date other poly people. People have open relationships for a variety of reasons. In the feminist community of the '70s, monogamy and marriage were sometimes seen as patriarchal constructs and being open to relationships with more than one person was viewed as counter-culture, radical, and feminist.
Some people find that one person can't meet all of their needs and they choose to be involved with multiple partners. Polyamory can also describe a relationship where more than two people are in a relationship together.
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The opposite of polygamy is monogamy. Is this complicated enough yet? What about a woman who has more than one husband at one time? For these types of people, the traditional mode of monogamy may be too restrictive or inhibiting — and polyamory works out better for them and their romantic and sexual partners. Communication is perhaps one of the biggest challenges in polyamory, Farmer said. Polyamorous relationships are most successful when people are able to communicate with one another, able to communicate their feelings and concerns about their relationships to their partners.
You also have to know yourself very well, Schippers said. That includes knowing what you want and need out of relationships, as well as knowing what your boundaries are with your partners. Certainly, jealousy is part of polyamory. But communicating those feelings — and not letting them consume you — is vital to ensuring a healthy polyamorous connection.
Some people, Farmer says, go so far as to "veto" who their partners are seeing, which can be really harmful and damaging to an existing relationship. But so, too, Schippers says, is the idea of "compersion," which is when you're happy to see that your partner has found joy in someone else.
People in polyamorous relationships may also face backlash and further complications related to their race, gender and sexuality. Polyamory is absolutely not an excuse to cheat, both Farmer and Schippers say.
In fact, it's frowned upon in the polyamorous community.
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