Understanding Polyamory: Is It Fate or Inner Drive?
Polyamory Discovery: Inner Drive or Fate
Interest in polyamory seems to come from a mix of inner fire and cosmic nudge. Some call it innate wiring awakening, where a door naturally opens when someone is ready.
It isn’t magic. Polyamory discovery mirrors a rabbit hole dive. Both start with a curious peek, then spiral into obsession, revelation, and no turning back.
The road of discovery may challenge identity, relationships, and norms.
Celebrate Willful Parties: A Unique Polyamorous Romance
Happy Book Birthday to Willful Parties by Liz Ellyn
Three hearts. One fiery passion. Endless complications. Seth, the daring bisexual, ignites the spark. As Kat, the sharp-witted pixie, guards her heart, Dylan, the confident future politician, fights battles with identity and ambition. Their sizzling love burns bright in law school, but life’s trials threaten to tear them apart. Can they overcome legal battles, loss, and fear to reclaim the polyamorous love of a lifetime?
Tropes:
Polyamory
Fighting Biphobia
Lawyer Romance
Cross Cultural
3 POV
Best Friend Romance
City Romance
MMF
The cakes in the image are Lamingtons, in honor of the Australian Open. They have two layers of unique vanilla cake, separated by blueberry preserves, covered in a chocolate icing, and topped with coconut.
(and a reference to layers in the MCs’ triad in Willful Parties)
Addressing Common Opposition to Polyamory
Let’s address the opposition to Polyamory
Jealousy: jealousy happens in all relationships. I’ve discussed this in many posts. It’s about how you deal with it that is important.
Stability: 40% of all marriages end in divorce. It is a lot of pressure to expect one person to suit all of your physical, emotional, and intellectual needs for an entire lifetime.
Cultural Norms: Why must people yuck others’ yum?
Ethical Doubts: 65% of people cheat at least once. Marriage isn’t a shield against cheating. And open relationships are not a form of cheating.
Practical Hurdles: All relationships face challenges. Those challenges aren’t the same for every couple, regardless of the type of dynamic.
Counting Spicy Scenes: A Unique Look at Romance
When someone actually counts the spicy scenes
Huge Shout Out to Erika @thesmutfiles for reading and meticulously cataloging all the fun scenes in:
📚 Overruling Judgment
📚 Defending Engagement
📚 Willful Parties
🔥 Final Tally: 40 intimate scenes
🌶️ 23 different flavors of intimacy
Because polyamorous romance is never boring
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Normalize Sharing Feelings
Sharing feelings, particularly when one might feel shame, is not easy.
But doing the hard thing often has better results
Jealousy can occur in any type of relationship, but it is often an issue discussed in polyamorous relationships.
Exploring Polyamory in Romance Novels
Overruling Judgment
Defending Engagement
Willful Parties
The Psychology of Jealousy: Cognitive vs. Emotional Insights
Jealousy is a topic that I find intriguing in romantic relationships.
While doing research as an author, I recently came across this differentiation between cognitive and emotional jealousy. This would be a great concept to explore while developing the motivation behind characters’ motivations.
