I mean I think I describe in the book how the motivations really fed each other symbiotically, so it was like the idea of this all having some greater purpose allowed me to push myself further in the way that I already wanted to so that I could stay without him, who I was, by

that point, convinced was my soulmate, and that I was on this journey where I was the one who needed to change because true love requires

transformation. I was the one, you know, opening up to non-monogamy. So this was my journey to go on, so it kind of made it have this external framework

that I could imagine some sort of light at the end of the tunnel of, okay, if this is a book one day or story that means I have to get to the end of it and there's

only going to be like two ways out you know leaving him or something and like you know being embarrassed that I couldn't do it or

finally vanquishing all my jealousy and you know like becoming good at Polyamory.

Mm-Mory.

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I'm Emily.

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On this episode of the Multiamery Podcast, we are joined by author and journalist Rachel Krantz to discuss

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Rachel Krantz is a journalist and one of the founding editors of Bustle,

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