Sentences with phrase «consensual nonmonogamous»

You just can't lump every consensual nonmonogamous person into a little box, nor can you lump poly people into being «in the lifestyle.»

That said, I spent months researching consensual nonmonogamous relationships for The New I Do and spoke to numerous people who opened up their marriage or who chose it from the get - go because they'd never even consider getting married without monogamy being discussed and mutually agreed to, and even I know that being in a consensually nonmonogamous relationship hardly has «loose confines» — most people who mutually agree to choose it have explicit agreements on what's OK and what's not OK; even if they don't, successfully navigating it requires a lot of communication and transparency.