Polyamory And Other Non-normative Relationships

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I’m discovering more and more each day that polyamory may be the path I walk in life. I have genuine feelings for several men, even to the point on romantic love with them.

Here’s my question - I understand polyamory as loving relationships between numerous partners. What is it called when you develop romantic feelings easily for a potential partner - either through aesthetics, personality, conversation, or just that feeling you can’t describe? Help me find more about myself lads.

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love is love. If you develop relationships with people and they know you are poly, then they understand that they love someone who has developed their heart and mind to allow emotional feelings for more than just one lover. I think it's actually far more common than people acknowledge, but society pressures us towards set acceptable behaviors. Pair bonding, and legal laws (property, childcare, etc) also draw boundaries. Having a mistress/paramour/etc on the side (either hidden, or known) has been a common part of many, many households.

But I think if we suddenly saw some sort of revolutionary change - for example, if a biological weapon suddenly wiped out much of our population and the normal societal confines were gone more folks would opt towards polyamory, and not just for procreative reasons, or to share limited resources. I think a good portion is providing emotional support- as long as one lover knows and understands that their love and security is not in danger of being usurped or replaced, everything else can be worked out.
 
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