Life is full of surprises; it's part of what life is all about. How one deals with those surprises tells much about how that person lives their life. In the life of one such as I, who is Poly, surprises come in forms unknown to monogamous relationships - or, rather, in forms that typically end monogamous relationships. Between Ashley's life situations and Lyndzi's, surprises have been in abundance for me, and some serious consideration has been made on my part for "me" time.

A few articles around the poly-blogosphere have raised the question of word usage. Poly in the News has an article that mentions a few terms. Mama Java - the Polyamorous Misanthrope - also has a few things to say about poly and lgbt terms.

Last year, Nyla and I had a woman from LSU call us for an interview regarding non-traditional relationships. We spoke a lot about our newly open marriage, jealousy, intimacy, and a number of other things. It was a good discussion, and I should be getting the transcripts from that interview here in the next few days, which will be nice to read in light of this new bit of information. One of the big issues in a non-traditional, non-monogamous relationship is jealousy.

I couldn't be the tilde in the title, but it's supposed to be there. This article is from a few days ago, but it's very good. It's interesting to see how the rest of the world interprets polyamory, and it's good to know that we're not the only "strange" ones of the bunch.

Read over it; if you know Spanish go over to the yahoo group and join the discussion.

Nyla and I attended a wedding this past weekend, and I have to say that of all the weddings I've been to (and there have been a few), this one offended me the most. "Offended you?" you ask . . . Yes, offended me.