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Polyamory is a general term to denote relationships involving more than one individual. There are many different interpretations of how a polyamorous relationship works (just as there is for a monogamous relationship), but one core precept that the polyamorous community follows is the explicit knowledge, understanding, and consent of all involved individuals. Cheating, lying, or disloyalty is extremely taboo in the polyamorous community as the entire concept of polyamory is based partly on the notion that you can or should trust the person you are with.
Polyamory is a general term to denote relationships involving more than one individual. There are many different interpretations of how a polyamorous relationship works (just as there is for a monogamous relationship), but one core precept that the polyamorous community follows is the explicit knowledge, understanding, and consent of all involved individuals. Cheating, lying, or disloyalty is extremely taboo in the polyamorous community as the entire concept of polyamory is based partly on the notion that you can or should trust the person you are with.
== Concepts in Polyamory ==
One of the cornerstone ideas in a polyamorous relationship is that someone cannot reasonably expect one other person to satisfy all of their emotional, personal, sexual, or spiritual needs as a human being. Many polyamorous people feel that this expectation is a contributing factor to the spike in divorce and general dissatisfaction with marriage that is seen in modern society.
Those critical of polyamory often bring up the concern that if there are three people in a relationship, the love and affection will be spread too thin and someone will go without. The polyamorous community sees love as a boundless resource, not confined by numerical limits and as such there should never be a lack of it in any relationship, regardless of the number of participants.
Trust is also an extremely important facet of polyamory because a person has to trust their partners (and often themselves) to be willing to enter into a relationship where they may be sharing their partner with someone else.
Another core idea is the concept of taking joy from the happiness of the person you love. If they are happy when they are with you and with another person, you should be happy that they are finding fulfillment and not engage in what is called "loving selfishly"; considering your partner's love to be yours and yours alone, not to be shared with other people.
== Forms of Polyamory ==
Polyamory can take one of several distinct forms.
Polyamory can take one of several distinct forms.