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 ...

Remember that guy at your college who was freegan and had a ponytail and performed in the Gilbert & Sullivan all-men’s choir and had at least three women on his lap whenever you saw him at parties?

Modern lovers are seeking a different truth and a subversive path to pleasure and partnership in the form of ENM (ethical non-monogamy) or polyamory. “The idea that we are better off with one person ...

In much of society, we are expected to hold one romantic relationship at a time. There’s even a term for it: default (or compulsory) monogamy. In monogamy, we typically move through relationships, ...

One size does not fit all when it comes to intimate relationships. Marriage, monogamy, singlehood suit many of us but for some the idea of several partners offers freedom and variety. KCRW’s Jonathan ...

What does "polysaturation" mean? What is a "metamour?" What about a "relationship escalator?" As conversations around polyamory go more mainstream, plenty of terms get thrown around that might sound ...

Antoinette and Kevin Patterson thought they'd stop dating other people once their relationship got really serious. They didn't. Maybe, they said, after they got married. When that didn't happen, they ...

To set the record straight on polyamory, INSIDER talked with Sophie Lucido Johnson, a writer and illustrator who lives in Chicago. She has a few partners — a fiancé, a girlfriend, and a long-distance ...

When mainstream media outlets address polyamory, they often focus intently on sexuality and tend to use other, less sexy parts of poly life to set the stage for the main event. In my research, I have ...

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.