I've been exploring what Poly is to me for a few months now. I have a wonderful girlfriend, and 2 partners who are fire in my heart. It is a wonderful feeling, with it's ups and downs, communication mishaps, and so many great successes.
But I don't like feeling as though I have to hide this part of my life. I recently posted some photos of a trip I took with a partner. It was a fantastic trip, we had amazing experiences and got to learn about each other. Some of the photos very much look like your "stereotypical" bf/gf on a date relationship. Why? because we were on a date, and each moment we savored and laughed and enjoyed.
I came home from that trip and had a great reconnection with my girlfriend... whose response to the trip photos was " X is really hot and I'm glad you're together". I love my girlfriend.. who is married to a most excellent gent (ya, my metamor is pretty damn awesome), and to have my partners feel such compersion.. and the same compersion I feel for them, and to have no fear in sharing all my highs and lows, is an indescribable feeling.
So, the question I wrestle with is, how to show the rest of my life this side of me? To let them all know that they will see me in romantic photos with more than one person, and yes, I am dating them, and yes I care for them, and No, I am not a "playa".
I know, in my heart, that mine and my partners care for each other is all that really matters.. but dammit.. I want the world to know these people are fucking important to me.
Thanks for listening.
El Senior Otter
