Designer Relationships: A Guide to Happy Monogamy, Positive Polyamory, and Optimistic Open Relationships

Craft the relationship that fits YOUR needs Glenda G W North I have strongly recommended this book to people who attend the poly Meetups that I host, but this is not just another "how to do polyamory right" book. It's much more than that.This is a book that will help you to really think about, talk about, plan, and craft the meaningful, lasting, loving relationship YOU want -- whether it's monogamous, polyamorous, or any of the many other varieties of lovestyles that exist. "I love this book" according to Ian Friedrich. I love this book, but although it presents itself as being inclusive to monogamy, almost every mention of it is in a very negative light. While I agree on most points, some people I've felt could benefit a lot from the later parts of the book were so put off by the early "attacks" on monogamy that they never got to the rest of it. This book is pretty clearly for people who are already fed up with "traditional" mo. I love that this book is really inclusive and helpful to Sarah Arlen I love that this book is really inclusive and helpful to the entire spectrum of relationship models, and offers experience-based wisdom to figuring out how to create the loving life that's right for you. It's accessible and practical, with action-oriented ideas. And the basis of the book is that we can collaborate creatively with our partner(s) while fully embracing ourselves. Refreshing, quick read that addresse

Contemporary relationships are in a state of rapid evolution. This makes it possible to create what Kenneth Haslam, founder of the Kinsey Institute's Polyamory Archive, has called designer relationships. Michaels are exemplars of this life choice, and have studied polyamory for over 20 years.. The possibilities are limitless, and thinking about a partnership as something people can craft allows for flexibility and change. These changes can and should empower people with the opportunity to develop partnerships based on their own sexualities, understandings, and agreements. Best-selling authors and relationship experts Patricia Johnson and Mark A. In the context of a designer relationship, decisions are made mutually, consciously, and deliberately. Relationships can open and close or have varying degrees and kinds of openness as circumstances demand