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Relating and communicating
Originally Published: June 19, 2009 ~ Last Updated / Reviewed on: July 03, 2009
 
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To the reader:

Alice gives excellent advice which is one of the reasons I like following the web site. I too am Bi and would like to have a spouse of each gender. Unfortunately I'm hesitant to believe it cold really work out in the end due to jealousy. No doubt, trust and communication would be critical. I also suppose this would be easier for a Bi woman than a Bi man. I'm curious what others think?

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Hi there, lots of good advice from Alice on the question of polyamory.

I just wanted to say, as a man currently in a poly relationship with another man and two women, that it is definitely possible to find others out there that are interested in experimenting with non-traditional relationships. The circle of people practicing open or polyamorous relationships is expanding dramatically right now.

A word of caution to you. Be careful and take it slowly. For people that have lived their lives with traditional models, there are a lot of considerations to make before diving in to a poly relationship.

How are you going to feel if one person in the relationship is seeing other people and you aren't at a given moment? How will you feel if you have been involved with someone for some time and they decide they want to be monogamous with someone else? How will you feel if one of your partners is busy with someone else and doesn't have time for you at some point?

A lot of communicating is required in any relationship but it is exponentially more complex when you through more people into the mix.

Good luck in finding what you are looking for.

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