“Where polyamory gets it right, in my book, is when jealousy is accepted as just an emotion with no moral imperative, and it is embraced as an opportunity to identify, express, and meet one’s own needs better. Those needs can range from wanting to have more time with a partner, or more sex, or more help with kids, and so on.”
— Emma Dixon (via polylove-girls-blog)
Whenever I talk to anyone about poly, this is always the first question I get asked.
“Don’t you get jealous?”
Yes. I totally do sometimes. And that is a check engine light. Sometimes it’s nothing and everything is really fine, and I just need to take a breath. Other times it’s a conversation with Misty about what I think might be the issue. S/he is an excellent listener, and communicator so we always have come to a satisfying result.
Some introspection and communication are keys to working through it. I am a very lucky human.💕