What are the positive things that we want to bring about or what are the positive behaviors or what is it that we're aspiring to create as opposed to what are the things we're trying to protect ourselves against.

And I suppose there's maybe more of an emphasis on like how can we help each other to follow

this agreement rather than have this veiled threat

of there's going to be consequences.

Welcome to the multi-amory podcast. I'm Jace.

I'm Emily.

And I'm Dedicur.

We believe in looking to the future of relationships,

not maintaining the status quo of the past.

So whether you're monogamous, polyamorous, swinging, casually dating, or if you just do

relationships differently, we see you and we're here for you.

Fongs I know I did

Forcing me to form myself to fit On this episode of the multi-ammery podcast we're talking about the often neglected

differences between things like needs and wants and expectations

and boundaries and rules and agreements and other terms that are often used somewhat interchangeably.

And specifically, today we're going to be looking at the kind of mental and emotional impact

that those different words can have and how they can affect our thinking and our communication

rather than getting caught up in just how do you define one or another or one is good and

another's bad. Instead we're looking at more qualitatively,

how do these words affect us?

How can we use them more effectively?

What are some places where we might consider switching which terms we use when we're thinking about

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