My Polyamory is Boring

I was chatting to JTR about our shared experiences of being openly polyamorous1 bloggers. Both JTR and I observed that it’s something that we don’t write about often. We don’t say much about it… even though it’s probably something that, to some readers, would seem interesting and unusual. And also, perhaps, still sufficiently “taboo” that they wouldn’t feel comfortable asking us about it outright, either. Why is that? In my case, the single biggest reason that I don’t often write about it is… I think my polyamory is kinda boring! From left to right the adults you can see are: (1) me, (2) my metamour2 JTA,3 and (3) my partner (and his wife) Ruth. On each side of her are our two school-aged children. It’s boring… because it’s established # Part of the reason I think it’s boring is because, well, it’s far from novel! We’ve been doing this for the vast majority of our adult lives: I’ve been in (only) nonmonogamous relationships for about 25 years. The three of us – Ruth, JTA and I – have…