Stepping Off the Relationship Escalator

It’s okay if traditional relationship models don’t work for you

Rachael Hope
Polyamory Today
Published in
8 min readOct 7, 2019

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Photo by Sascha Kohlmann via Flickr (cc)

When I first told my mom that I am polyamorous and that my new partner already had a long-term girlfriend, she was not thrilled. She had just witnessed the rather complete destruction of my heart by my imploding marriage, so I can’t blame her for feeling protective.

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Rachael Hope
Polyamory Today

Polyamorous, loud laughing unapologetic feminist, rad fatty, and epic sweet tooth.