your gut tells you that although they like you, they don’t want to be in a relationship so you don’t want to rock the boat. what makes you a boyfriend or girlfriend is when you both agree that you’re in a monogamous relationship and you’re committed to maintaining your relationship which could potentially lead to marriage. take a few moments to answer this and make sure you’re honest to yourself and not just taking what you can get because it’s …

you get ghosted, you move on to the next, you go on a date, it’s a dud, you rinse and repeat. how can you give a relationship the proper attention and time it deserves if you’re never really focused on it? if you are really uncomfortable with the person you’re seeing dating other people, then you need to communicate that discomfort. my opinion is that both parties owe it to the other person they’re seeing to have a quick talk …

in the 19th century, the notion of marrying for love was seen as the ideal, and by the 20th it was the norm. we want our spouse to be our soulmate—the one person in the world who meets all of our social, emotional, and sexual needs. this is the question that york university (toronto) psychologist amy muise and colleagues explored in a study published in the journal of social and personal relationships. these respondents reported on the degree to which …

the answer for me was to be in an ethically non-monogamous relationship (or open relationship) that allowed me to experience all of the things i knew i desired and more. matt was “single” (i don’t like this word) or solo when he and i met, yet he was very clear on the fact that he desired to be in non-monogamous relationships moving forward. when i first began to consider an open relationship and do my research in this field, what …

as enm relationships become more visible in media and in conversations, there is still a prevalence of stigma about the dynamic. it is important not to generalize or assume that all enm relationships are the same. there is no reason to assume that enm relationships involve having sexual or romantic relationships with people of the same gender.

this may be partially due to the level of understanding and communication between partners in non-monogamous relationships. this is mainly because it is …