"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." When you close your eyes and picture a romantic relationship, what comes to mind? No matter the age, ...

2."I've been married for going on 23 years now and we've been poly since day one. It's not cheating. Consent is key. So is communication. It's only cheating if we have a secondary romantic partner 'on ...

Recently, I became interested in theorizing what I’m calling “post-work polyamory.” This concept arose from a relatively simple question: how do people manage to hold down a job, or multiple jobs, ...

Polyamory is a type of consensual nonmonogamy where people have more than one partner at a time. Unlike cheating, polyamory is based on open communication, trust, and mutual agreement among partners.

Just a few years ago, the question of opening up a relationship was mostly asked in hushed tones. “So, they’re sleeping with other people now?” one person might whisper. “Wait, you’re dating how many ...

On a special episode of The Excerpt podcast: The classic storybook version of happy ever after typically involves meeting someone, falling in love, getting married and starting a family. But what if ...

Polyamory is diverse in three ways. First, as an element of social diversity, polys join the ever-increasing cadre of what used to be called alternative families but are now rapidly becoming the norm.

Polyamory and other forms of consensual nonmonogamy are making a regular media appearance these days. Cosmopolitan just published interviews with four polyamorous women; the inventor of the #hashtag, ...