Managing Metamours in Polyamorous Relationships
The ins and outs of having a partner with other partners
Almost every relationship you have as a human being requires interaction with the other person’s friends, family, coworkers, or aquaintances. In polyamorous relationships, a facet to this is the relationships you have with your metamours. Simply put, a metamour is your partner’s other partner. For example, my girlfriend’s husband is my metamour.
How metamours relate in poly configurations
Lots of factors affect how you relate to your metamours. It partially depends on the configuration of your relationships. Are you practicing solo polyamory, where you’re more independent? Perhaps you’re practicing kitchen-table poly where everyone shares space. Or do you practice hierarchical poly, where there is a primary partner and then secondary partners?
People practice polyamory in all sorts of different ways. For some, meeting their metamours is imperative to success. They’re looking to form friendships within their polycules, or in some cases to build a poly family where metamours have their own rich, fulfilling friendships and relationships.
In some polyamorous configurations, metamours are willing to meet, and maybe even enjoy it. They generally…
