A term used to describe anyone you date who is not your primary partner. This is also referred to as a satellite partner.
A relationship among three people is often called a triad, threesome, or throuple; among four people a quad or foursome. Sometimes all groupings of three or more are called moresomes.
Nesting Partner: Partner you live with and likely share bills with - can be a "primary partner," but not necessarily. Anchor Partner: Partner you probably have logistical ties with, most likely live with, perhaps have the deepest or longest term emotional ties with - sometimes called "primary partner"
Quad. A quad relationship involves four people who are all connected. All four people who participate in a quad polyamorous relationship are dating each other. All four individuals are all romantically tied to one another. There are a couple of different dynamics a quad relationship can have.
LS = Life Style, that took me a minute to figure out. Generally speaking, polyamorous folk don't refer to being polyamorous as being a "lifestyle".
Kitchen Table Polyamory (KTP) refers to 'a style of polyamorous relationship in which the interrelationship of a network, and the integration of multiple romantic relationships into one life or group, is prioritised,' explains Jordan Dixon, a clinical sex and relationships psychotherapist.
Anchor Partner: Anchor partners are the people who provide emotional support in polyamorous relationships. These individuals can be romantically or sexually involved or just cohabitate with polyamorous people.
Vee: A vee relationship is made up of three partners and gets its name from the letter “V,” in which one person acts as the “hinge” or “pivot” partner dating two people. The other two people are not romantically or sexually involved with each other.
A type of ethical non-monogamy, polyamory involves having romantic relationships with multiple people.
Ambiamorous is a term that typically refers to individuals who enjoy both monoamory as well as polyamory. Ambiamorous people generally have little or no preference between either one. They may express feelings towards only one partner or multiple partners at the same time.
At its core, solo polyamory refers to people who are open to dating or engaging in multiple meaningful relationships without having a 'primary partner': one person to whom they're committed above all other partners.
The History of NP
The oldest definition of NP in the Urban Dictionary dates back to 2002 and reads “No problem.” It's likely been in use long before this, as internet chatrooms date back to the 1980s.
ENM Meaning
Ethical non-monogamy (ENM; sometimes also referred to as consensual non-monogamy) is the practice of being romantically involved with multiple people who are all aware of and agree to this relationship structure.
Unicorn/Dragon:a bisexual, polyamorous woman/man who is open to forming a triad with an established couple; referred to as these mythical creatures because these type of partners are extremely rare. (Though some women/men openly use the term unicorn/dragon for themselves, it is frowned upon for couples to do so.
Meet the polyamorous throuple with a married couple and their girlfriend.
It's clear that more and more people are rejecting social conventions around love and relationships and embodying a more fluid approach to dating – and that includes openly polyamorous celebs like Willow Smith and Bella Thorne, as well as rumoured polyamorous celebs like Rita Ora, Taika Waititi and Tessa Thompson.
/ˈwəmənaɪzə/ Other forms: womanizers. If you've ever known a man who can't keep his eyes off every single woman who walks by, you can call him a womanizer — especially if he's constantly handing out his phone number.
Emotional behaviours and inclinations
According to Ken Munyua, a Nairobi-based psychologist, men can have a sense of attachment and commitment to more than one romantic partner, which they will define as love. “A man may be able to emotionally commit and attach himself to two women at the same time.
A "Boston marriage" was, historically, the cohabitation of two wealthy women, independent of financial support from a man. The term is said to have been in use in New England in the late 19th–early 20th century.
Monogamish couples center their romantic lives around a single committed partnership. This is different from polymamorous relationships, in which partners are open to having multiple committed relationships simultaneously.
Ethical non-monogamy refers to any relationship dynamic in which partners consent to pursue sexual and romantic connections with multiple people. While monogamous people only have one serious relationship at a time, ethically non-monogamous or polyamorous people see no reason to limit their options in this way.
The term 'nesting' assumes you live together — in the same nest,” Labriola says. By contrast, a satellite partner is someone with emotional and physical distance from the nest.
Garden Party Polyamory
Its name comes from the idea of people at a garden party – most of the people there are independent of each other, but they still have some level of connection or platonic relationship with each other's partners/lovers.
Parallel polyamory refers to relationships in which you're aware of each other's other partners but have little no contact with those partners.