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The Longest Shortest Time

The Polycule

The Longest Shortest Time

Hillary Frank | QCODE

Health & Fitness, Sexuality, Parenting, Kids & Family

4.84.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2018

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Have you ever wondered how polyamorous parents do their thing? Turns out it’s not just about sex?! To join the conversation, go to longestshortesttime.com! Sign up for our newsletter. Follow us on Instagram. This episode is brought to you by Pyure, Allstate, Babeth’s Feast (code: LONGSHORT18), Grove Collaborative and Kiwi Co Also, Hillary Frank's Weird Parenting Wins book is coming! Many of you are in it. Pre-order here.

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0:00.0

In our last sex and parenthood episode, number 146, we talked a bit about polyamory with sex therapist

0:12.6

Esther Peral.

0:14.0

And we heard from a few of you that you're definitely curious about how polyamorous parents

0:19.4

are doing their thing.

0:21.2

Because while there's nothing new about sleeping with lots of people, there is a relatively

0:26.1

new awareness and vocabulary about how they can be done ethically and transparently.

0:31.5

Plus, it seems that anecdotally, an increasing number of young adults have stopped treating

0:37.5

lifelong winogamy as a given when they enter relationships.

0:42.0

So we got curious.

0:43.6

What does that mean for parenthood?

0:49.0

This is the longest shortest time.

0:51.6

I'm Andrea Cilenzi and today on the show, we'll get to know three polyamorous parents

0:56.8

in a Midwestern city that are part of a community called the Polycule.

1:03.4

Polycule is a common name for a tight-knit group of polyamorous adults.

1:07.2

In the Polycule, you can text with your husband about gift ideas for his girlfriend.

1:12.9

In the Polycule, your kids' first sleepover could happen because she loves hanging out

1:17.7

with your wife's new boyfriend and his daughter.

1:20.7

And when the group gets together for a Thanksgiving dinner or a backyard barbecue, there are all

1:25.8

these kids running around who have known each other their whole lives, like a big family.

1:32.4

And for all of these reasons and more, my guests say that polyamory has made them better

1:37.2

partners and parents.

1:47.6

The Polycule started with five or six core members and has grown to ten.

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