Episode 117: Non-Monogamy is an Adult Activity
We Gotta Thing - Exploring Non-Monogamy
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🗓️ 20 June 2024
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
Most of us have mastered being 'adult-like' in all aspects of our lives. We are experienced at life. We are parents, spouses/partners, coaches, employees, teachers, leaders and friends. We've become accustomed to situations that require a mature and thoughtful response (most of the time anyway!).
However, when engaged in non-monogamy we can experience new things and perhaps even some new feelings. We are sharing ourselves and our partners initmately with others. Our relationship is now at risk so the stakes are high. Situations will arise that invoke strong emotions in a way we may not have experienced before and it can be difficult not to act out in ways that may hurt others or push them away.
In this episode Catherine, a licensed therapist from Expansive Connection Coaching talks about what is happening inside our brains and how we might be able to anticipate and respond 'like adults' when things don't go as we expect.
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast contains explicit language and content and is for mature audiences only. |
| 0:06.0 | Hey, you teenagers out there, if you're under 18, this show is more for your parents. |
| 0:11.0 | So now that you have that mental picture stuck in your head, put some music on and get back to doing your homework. |
| 0:17.0 | We are a long-time married couple who's decided to chronicle our personal adventures |
| 0:21.6 | and share our sex-positive discussions as we navigate our way through the swinging lifestyle. |
| 0:27.1 | Care to join us? Hello, everyone. I'm Mr. Jones. |
| 0:48.7 | And I'm Mrs. Jones, and we want to welcome you to episode 117 of the We Got a Thing podcast. |
| 0:56.8 | Let me see if I can get this tongue twister. |
| 1:03.5 | You're the one that came up with a title. Ethical non-monogamy is an adult activity. Very good. |
| 1:17.9 | Or E&M. You can be cool about it. E&M. Yes. E&M is an adult activity. Yes, it is. And I'm happy to say that our marriage survived another home decorating project. Like seriously, we were hanging some big stuff and we didn't fight and we really didn't screw it up too bad. |
| 1:30.9 | And we picked it out together. |
| 1:32.5 | I know. So we went shopping on Sunday. It was like a stormy day on Sunday. So couldn't really do the beach or the pool or anything. |
| 1:42.8 | And we went shopping for artwork to hang on our walls in our new house. |
| 1:47.8 | And we actually instantly agreed on things. |
| 1:52.9 | Yeah. |
| 1:53.7 | We got the beachy thing going. |
| 1:55.1 | We bought a couple of herons. |
| 1:56.8 | Oh, they're so pretty. |
| 1:57.9 | They're blue herons. |
| 1:58.7 | And it's two prints. |
| 2:00.7 | They're like tall, thin prints. And they. They're blue herons. And it's two prints. They're like tall, thin prints and they're, they're identical, except the herons are facing each other. And one has a little bit of an attitude. So that must be me. |
| 2:11.1 | That's the female. I know. |
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