What is a metamor?

Simply put, a metamour is your lover's lover—aka your husband's girlfriend, your boyfriend's boyfriend, and/or your girlfriend's Saturday night submissive. Whatever the labels may be, the crux of your relationship with a metamour is a shared partner.

What is a metamor polyamory?

Noun. metamour (plural metamours) (rare) In a polyamorous relationship, one's partner's partner, with whom one is not directly involved.

What is a dragon in a poly relationship?

Unicorn/Dragon:a bisexual, polyamorous woman/man who is open to forming a triad with an established couple; referred to as these mythical creatures because these type of partners are extremely rare.

What makes a good Metamour?

Your metamour is a metamour for a reason, which means that your partner is into them and vice versa. To be a good metamour, you must respect the boundaries of where your relationship ends and their relationship begins. This means not trying to capitalize all of your partner's time, and sometimes giving up your own.

What does Poly switch mean?

Fundamentals. Overview. PolySwitch PPTC (Polymeric Positive Temperature Coefficient) devices help protect against harmful overcurrent surges and overtemperature faults. Like traditional fuses, these devices limit the flow of dangerously high current during fault conditions.

Why Metamor?

What does unicorn mean in polyamory?

A unicorn is a person who is willing to join an existing couple. They may join the couple only for sex, or they may become a more involved part of the relationship and spend nonsexual, companionship time together too.

What celebrities are polyamorous?

How do you introduce Metamours?

What is a comet Poly?

Polyfidelitous is sometimes shortened to “polyfi.” ​ Comet: A long distance relationship where the partners only meet in person rarely but are happy to pick up their connection at those times and be less intensely in touch in between, like a comet passing close enough for the Earth to see every few years. ​

What's a nesting partner?

ByMissy Wilkinson. 8.5.2021. I first saw the term “nesting partner” — a term used for a live-in partner in poly relationships — in early 2020, when the world was unknowingly teetering on the brink of disaster and rebirth.

What is a cowgirl in polyamory?

Or cowgirl, as the case may be. It refers to a monogamous person who meets someone who openly identifies as polyamorous, becomes romantically involved with them, and attempts to "cut them out of the herd," meaning: persuade them to sever existing relationships and embrace monogamy. This term is not a compliment.

What does NRE mean in polyamory?

New relationship energy (or NRE) refers to a state of mind experienced at the beginning of sexual and romantic relationships, typically involving heightened emotional and sexual feelings and excitement.

Can you cheat in a poly relationship?

A polyamorous person can cheat on their partners by ignoring agreed-upon boundaries about dating others, like not telling their partners when they have sex with new people.

What is Solo Poly?

Solo polyamory means that someone has multiple intimate relationships with people but has an independent or single lifestyle. They may not live with partners, share finances, or have a desire to reach traditional relationship milestones in which partners' lives become more intertwined.

What is a 3 person relationship called?

Taylor offers this definition: “A throuple is a relationship between three people who have all unanimously agreed to be in a romantic, loving, relationship together with the consent of all people involved.” You may also hear a throuple referred to as a three-way relationship, triad, or closed triad.

What is a 4 person relationship called?

Quad. As the name implies, a quad refers to a relationship with four people. This type of polyamorous relationship often occurs when two polyamorous couples meet and begin dating one person from the other couple.

What is a 5 person relationship called?

Polyamory is when a person has a romantic relationship with more than one partner and all parties involved consent to it. Polyamorous relationships can involve as many people as the people involved want, including three, four and even five or more people.

How can you tell someone is polyamorous?

What is closed polyamory?

A closed triad is where the poly relationship involves the poly triad and no outside partners. These three individuals form an intimate relationship where they are committed to each other and don't seek external partners.

Should I meet my Metamour?

There is no rule when, how or if you should meet your metamours. It can help to reframe the situation though: you aren't about to meet potential parents-in-law. The situation is more similar to meeting your partner's best friend(s). It's very likely you are going to run into them at parties or joint events anyway.

How do I introduce my partner to polyamory?

How do you introduce a new partner in a poly relationship?

Do talk with everyone about your and their expectations for the evening and bring up the topics that might make anyone feel uncomfortable. For example, I like to talk to my lovers about PDA (public displays of affection) before introducing them to new lovers.

Why is polyamory toxic?

Your partner uses polyamory to mask personal or psychological problems. While some pursue polyamory for healthy reasons, others may engage in polyamory for unhealthy reasons such as sex addiction, problems with novelty-seeking, or problems with risk-taking behaviour.

What is the poly flag?

The original polyamorous flag was designed by Jim Evans in 1995. The blue stripe stands for openness and honesty among all partners, and the red stripe stands for love and passion. The black stripe represents solidarity with those who must hide their polyamorous relationships from the outside world.

Do polyamorous relationships last?

A survey of 340 polyamorous adults shows their polyam relationships lasting an average of eight years. The most typical polyam relationship involves a primary committed couple, with each member free to explore other relationships.