Does Polyamory require everyone involved to be polyamorous?

Of course, everyone needs to know what's going on and be fully consensual. I think my husband is poly, but I know for sure that I'm not. Is this plausible?
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  • I'm non monogamous and my partner is monogamous by choice. The same freedoms I have are given to her should she ever change her mind or meet some cute guy on a night out.

    It's not like I'm going out every other week and fucking a different person, but she knows it I get the chance, I'll probably be taking it, just as long as I don't rub her face in it or bring back home any STDs she accepts how I am and my needs.

    Maybe can be the same for you as long as you are both happy in the positions you are in.

    • What about a permanent second partner for him?

    • If you are okay with sharing him and so is she, then there is no problem. Everyone is different with where their relationship priorities are. Most the time we just go with the standard set of monogamous rules that everyone else follows, without even thinking about it, but when we give it some serious thought, I think most people will find they are more conformable with some things than they thought. As long as my partner loves me and supports me, I don't mind if she has sex with other people. For me, sex is fun and exciting but it's very separate to love. If she loved another, I suppose the fear is she may love the other person more than me, give them more attention than me or just get bored of me and decide the other person is all she needs. But those risks are always there, anyway. She could fall in love with a colleague and leave me. If I was in a relationship with someone who was poly, as long as I too was allowed the same freedoms, I think I would be okay with it. I would at least give it a try, anyway. Just to experience a different kind of relationship.

    • Thank you!

  • No.
    I'm poly. My first girlfriend was. We got a second girlfriend. She's not. She was with me. My first girlfriend moved to New Orleans for college.
    I'm still looking for a new girlfriend. My current doesn't want one but isn't against me having one.

    • So is that a yes it's plausible?

    • Yes. 100%

Most Helpful Girl

  • It’s best if both of you are one or the other. Otherwise you’re just going to get hurt because you’re giving him 100% and he’s only giving you time when he isn’t with his other partner (s). It’s not exactly fair to you.

    • She's my best friend (I don't know if that makes a difference). I like her a lot, but not romantically or sexually.

    • Are you okay with your husband dating and sleeping with her?

    • Totally.

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What Girls & Guys Said

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  • Let me check the poly handbook

  • Nope not necessarily

  • Are you poly?

    • No. But I'm pretty sure he is.

    • That does not seem very fair to you

    • I want him happy, and I like watching them interact. But I get it.

  • No
    One just must to shut up and enjoy being cheated on
    It's fine