Are You Bout That Poly Lifestyle? | Mikki Bey | Episode 82

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🗓️ 20 January 2023

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The last time Mikki Bey was on the show, she shared her experience on Shark Tank. But on this latest episode, we're getting personal! She's sharing why she decided to explore the poly lifestyle with her husband. We're discussing her open marriage, rules of engagement, safe sex and so much more. Tap in!

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0:00.0	like she's not treated like the other wives.
0:02.9	So in my mind, I'm like, obviously there is still some jealousy in that.
0:08.4	And I think a lot of people from the outside looking in think that the wives are being
0:13.1	kind of manipulated into, you know, they didn't really want to be a part of this.
0:17.4	They didn't really, you know, they're not really getting out of it, what the husband
0:20.7	is getting out of it. Is that why you, that's not what you practice?
0:25.4	No. No. One-sided? Do you think that it's one-sided or no? I think people have choice,
0:30.4	and I think that those women have made a choice that works for them and their family unit.
0:36.3	And I think we get into a really sticky predicament
0:40.3	when we try to judge from the outside.
0:43.3	Because even traditional marriages,
0:46.3	you can hypothesize what's going on.
0:49.3	You don't know what's going on behind closed doors, right?
0:53.3	No, I don't live a polygamist lifestyle.
0:56.0	I live a polyamorous lifestyle. And that means I have the choice and he has the choice.
1:00.9	We are consenting adults and that's how, you know, that's how we roll.
1:04.9	Do you introduce your partners to your child? We have. Some partners have met my son.
1:17.8	Now he's three, so he doesn't have an awareness that this is mommy's partner or daddy's partner. But yes, that has happened.
1:19.2	Wow.
1:27.5	It's about community. And that's one of the pillars in our marriage is that we are about creating community. So we're what's called kitchen table polyamory and that means oh girl give us some new terms so kitchen table polyamory means that
1:33.8	we are about the serving the community as a whole like everyone is literally welcome at our kitchen
1:38.8	table so he is not dating in silo he there is parallel polyamory which might be like a don't ask, don't tell situation where I know that he's dating, but I don't meet the person. I don't want to know anything, any of that kind of stuff. We are very open. So actually on our anniversary this year, he wanted to go to a hip hop concert. I did not to go to and I said why don't you take your
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