When you imagine your perfect relationship(s), it might be a little bit like a Jenga tower: an eighteen-story stack of 54 wood blocks; organized in pallets of three in alternating directions. It's all the pieces you want....like that mental checklist you have of what "happily ever after" is going to look like for you one… Continue reading Relationship Jenga
My advice to the partner of a Leeroy Jenkins-style Polyamorist
There is a metric fuckton of self work that has to go into successful polyamory, whether you're on the mono side or the poly side.
Rules are Condoms: An Imperfect Metaphor
Try to make a rule that your partner will never develop feelings for a sexual partner and be prepared to find yourself on the business end of a Klingon pain stick.
Unexpected Possibilities
Is marriage your destination, or just a potential stop on your great journey?
Derwood
Don't be a Darren.
The Honesty Exchange (Revisited)
It looks a little bit like the symbol for recycling - not a one-for-one exchange, but symbiotic exchange running on a continuous loop.
Ninety Three Seconds
...maybe it's something I always do, the counting.
Seven: On the occasion of my wedding anniversary
I wonder, had this been a relay and not a reboot, if he'd been around to meet you, how he would have felt about this quirky situation of ours?
Cold Water
I stammered and resisted. He grabbed hold of my wrist and pulled me toward the shower door. I watched as he pushed the handle away from "hot" to "cold" and held me there.
The Play Partner Manifesto
I wouldn't (probably) mind more rope in my life, but I come back to that question of connection.
