454 - When Someone You Love Wants to be Monogamous

Multiamory: Rethinking Modern Relationships

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🗓️ 9 January 2024

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Happy New Year to all! Our first episode of 2024 is diving into a discussion about shifting from non-monogamy to monogamy. We'll be talking about why someone might want to go back to monogamy, what the potential benefits or negative consequences of doing so are, and what you should be asking yourself if you're considering it for yourself. We'll also be discussing how to make the transition back to monogamy more ethical and respectful and giving some pointers to ease the process for everyone involved. If this show is helpful to you, consider joining our amazing community of like-minded listeners at patreon.com/Multiamory. You can also get access to ad-free episodes, group video discussions, bonus episodes, and more! Get hair care that is completely customized to your hair and your life AND get 15% off at Prose.com/multiamoryThis episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/multi and get 10% off your first month.Treat yourself to some stories to turn you on or help you drift off to sleep with an extended 30-day free trial at DipseaStories.com/multiQuality lube is essential for good sexual experiences. Try our absolute favorite, Uberlube and get 10% off plus free shipping with promo code MULTIAMORY Multiamory was created by Dedeker Winston, Jase Lindgren, and Emily Matlack.Our theme music is Forms I Know I Did by Josh and Anand.Follow us on Instagram @Multiamory_Podcast and visit our website Multiamory.com. We are a proud member of the Pleasure Podcasts network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Some of this could have been projecting on my part. I know J. S. We talked about this when I started dating someone again when I when like the gap year essentially ended and it was like okay I'm going back into I guess the type of relationship
0:14.7	practice that I know the most but I'm worried that now all my baby boomer family members are going to
0:20.4	disapprove of me again which is like not true like I'm not in a family situation where anyone's like openly
0:26.7	disapproving or mean to me or anything like that.
0:29.0	Like fortunately it's been enough years now that I think they've just had to kind of get over it and deal with it.
0:33.2	But there was a certain amount of that, oh, when I just have one partner, I can kind of
0:39.1	bask in the normalcy of being a good, normal, productive, successful millennial
0:44.7	that the baby boomers can finally be proud of
0:46.7	not one of these weirdo millennials that are out there and so there was something
0:51.6	about almost feeling like oh I'm gonna I'm gonna cast myself out of the
0:55.6	paradise of normalcy once again into being the weirdo who has to explain her relationships
1:00.4	to all of my family members once more.
1:03.0	Welcome to the multi-amory podcast.
1:07.0	I'm Jace.
1:08.0	I'm Emily.
1:09.0	And I'm Dettaker.
1:10.0	We believe in looking to the future of relationships, not maintaining the status quo of the past.
1:17.0	Whether you're monogamous, polyamorous, swinging, casually dating, or if you just do relationships differently, we see you and we're here for you. I did forcing me to for myself to fit.
1:40.0	On this episode of the Multiamery Podcast, we're discussing going back to monogamy after being
1:47.7	polyamorous or otherwise non-monogamous.
1:51.4	Why would someone want to go back to monogamy and what are the potential benefits or negative
1:56.7	consequences of doing so? What should you be asking yourself if you're considering going back to monogamy.
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