About a year ago, Joshua and I decided not to get married. Our reasons ranged from not wanting to support an institution that not everyone has access to to not wanting to legal co-mingle our money.

Just a bit after making this decision, we came across the Sandra Boynton book Your Personal Penguin.

A basic definition of polyamory goes something like this: A relationship structure that allows for the possibility of romantic/sexual relationships with more than one person at a time with the full knowledge and agreement of all participants. Not surprisingly, there are lots of variations amongst people who call themselves polyamorous. While there is plenty of room for me under the poly umbrella, I’ve recently begun to shy away from it a bit, leaning towards just calling myself slutty instead. I am still polyamorous; it’s just that I don’t want to give people the wrong idea. There’s a lot that gets said about polyamory that doesn’t suit me at all.