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Polyamory - NOUN - participation in multiple and simultaneous loving or sexual relationships // the state or practice of having more than one open romantic relationship at a time
Polyamorous - ADJECTIVE - from poly, meaning multiple of something + amorous, the state of being in love
A variant of the ever popular Love Triangle, an open relationship among all that aims to please everyone at the same time. Can go hand in hand with compersion, or end up one-sided, but either way, everyone gets their chance to be loved!
Compersion is an empathetic state of happiness and joy experienced when another individual experiences happiness and joy.
There are many forms of Polyamory and every individual relationship has its own rules and guidelines. Some relationships may allow the partners to have their own romance outside of the household.. others may refuse it altogether and require complete fidelity between all members. There are even relationships in which only one person has romantic contact with the others, and yet everyone is still together in love.
Polyfidelity is a form of polyamory where all members are considered equal partners and agree to be romantically or sexually active only with other members inside of the group.
Open Relationships/Marriages are arrangements where participants may have liaisons with others not within their core group of partners.
Polygamy, polygyny and polyandry are names for a form of polyamory in which one person marries several spouses who may or may not be married to, or have romantic relationships with, one another.
Swinging and/or Partner Swapping is not associated with polyamory. It is a non-monogamous behavior and personal choice for any individual, polyamorous or not. Please try not to confuse the two, though some examples will be included for the sake of broadening this club.
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If you like seeing everyone win at romance, this club is for you! Let's cooperate to win our beloved, shall we?
Further Reading:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyamory
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Polyamory
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compersion
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I am actively searching for examples of Polyamory in Japanese media!
Manga, Anime, Hentai, Visual Novels, Console Games.. For the sake of the fandom, I am willing to include even forms of polyamory and open relationship romance that I am not a fan of. Pick your poison. n_n;;
