Coming Out As Poly

[mlerules]

So, at some point I had several links to good articles about polyamory that'd be helpful to send along to fambily and friends who might not be familiar w/non-monogamy. (Useful for providing initial discussion basis and information and the like for muggles.) Well, I cannot find 'em now, so I'm reaching out to the LazyWeb in hopes that you can help me resurrect such a list of links/articles/essays. Thanks in advance for any assistance you can provide!

EDIT: I found some! See comments.

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[mlerules.livejournal.com]

One possibility:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003979242_polyamory28.html

THIS is what I was looking for...

[mlerules.livejournal.com]

http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/commentary/sexdrive/2008/02/sexdrive_0229

[evilgerbil.livejournal.com]

Thankful I never had to have that discussion with my folks. Instead I snuck around, but it probably would have come to that had poly worked for me. There was a time in the few months I was staying with them where a guy I was seeing came to pick me up. My dad remarked on it being strange for him to have a Mini Cooper (that's my dad, thinks it weird a guy drives a Mini) and I said "Oh, that's his girlfriend's car". Crap. From then on I had to pretend he was just a friend and invent places I was staying when I spent the night at his house.

[vismaya-viewer.livejournal.com]

I've recently been reshuffling through the research, looking for material that is easy to access, read and understand, so I'll pass along what I rediscover. ;o)

Here's Another Good One

[mlerules.livejournal.com]

http://uupa.org/Sermons/is_aint.htm

[mlerules.livejournal.com]

Thx awfully much!

[edwardmartiniii.livejournal.com]

Well, there's Franklin's site:
http://www.xeromag.com/fvpoly.html

[mlerules.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the link. I hadn't known about it before and'm enjoying wandering through it now.

[edwardmartiniii.livejournal.com]

Franklin's a friend from a long time ago, and his writing is more directly targeted. A lot of the stuff I write is more like, ummm, foundational thinking. But you can explore some of that if you like in http://www.petting-zoo.org/Essays/

And Here...

[mlerules.livejournal.com]

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/fashion/05polyamory.html

[mlerules.livejournal.com]

And here: http://www.salon.com/2012/01/21/our_successful_open_marriage/

[mlerules.livejournal.com]

And: http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2009/07/28/only-you-and-you-and-you.html

[mlerules.livejournal.com]

And: http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/magazine/articles/2010/01/03/loves_new_frontier/

[mlerules.livejournal.com]

And: http://moreintelligentlife.com/content/catherine-nixey/big-love-polyamory

[mlerules.livejournal.com]

http://polyinthemedia.blogspot.com/2011/08/dear-abby-should-triad-come-out-to.html

[mlerules.livejournal.com]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16657620

[mlerules.livejournal.com]

http://polyinthemedia.blogspot.com/

[mlerules.livejournal.com]

http://www.howaboutwe.com/date-report/what-open-relationships-can-teach-us-about-fidelity/#

[cheerfulolygirl.livejournal.com]

Emily, thank you for compiling this! When I posted on facebook that I wanted resources I could point my parents to after I come out to them tomorrow, ladydrakaina pointed me here and included a few more links.

I have also been holding Vixy's 2010 lj post in mind for when I come out to my parents http://vixyish.livejournal.com/783085.html

More links you may wish to add:
www.ejhs.org/volume6/polyamory.htm (2003 article in Journal of Human Sexuality which started as a UU sermon)
www.morethantwo.com/polyamory.html (mythbusting FAQ; old addresses include www.xeromag.com and polycat.org)
www.lovemore.com/faq/
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008829824_polyamory09m.html (article about "Family" web series)

[mlerules.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the additions!