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The Boy With The Inked Skin: February 2013
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The Boy With The Inked Skin. Monday, 4 February 2013. Poly Means Many - Communication in the Information Age. When thinking about what I wanted to write for this month's topic (communication), several different ideas came up, but most of all, I wanted to write about how I use technology and the internet to manage poly relationships. Namely, I wanted to talk about a few different ways that technology and the internet has helped and some that have hindered. Before investing any time. London, United Kingdom.
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The Boy With The Inked Skin: Poly Means Many - Negotiating with Yourself
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The Boy With The Inked Skin. Sunday, 1 September 2013. Poly Means Many - Negotiating with Yourself. Negotiating - we all do it, in every aspect of our lives from work, to friendships and socializing; some better than others. Negotiating within romantic/sexual relationships can be a challenging and fraught experience. This can be doubly so in poly relationships, because there is often a whole lot more to negotiate! You know the old chestnut “You cannot love someone until you love yourself”? Say, for examp...
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The Boy With The Inked Skin: Poly Means Many - NRE or Bust
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The Boy With The Inked Skin. Monday, 7 January 2013. Poly Means Many - NRE or Bust. What I always long for is what comes *after* the NRE; the stability, which some think is mundane, fosters security, consistency, and familiarity. I know what to expect, and where the boundaries are. It is important however when having NRE with someone new, to occasionally step back and analyse things. Ask yourself: Am I devoting more time/money/resources to this person than I really afford? The Boy With The Inked Skin.
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The Boy With The Inked Skin: Poly Means Many - Commitment Does Not Mean Exclusivity
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The Boy With The Inked Skin. Monday, 3 December 2012. Poly Means Many - Commitment Does Not Mean Exclusivity. Commitment, it’s a word that means so much, to so many people. It’s often linked to marriage; but also to our job, our friendships, or our Sunday afternoon football team. We commit to baking something for the company bake sale, or to attending a friend’s party. In all these instances, it implies that we are going to do. Something, to promise to do it no matter what, and to do only. I'm young, bi,...
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The Boy With The Inked Skin: Resolve and Resolutions
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The Boy With The Inked Skin. Thursday, 3 January 2013. So earlier this week I wrote a whole blog post on resolutions and what I wanted out of this year, and then promptly deleted it. It was incredibly self-indulgent and ethereal, unrealistic and unattainable. Recently my friend Amanda posted about Rules for New Years Resolutions. And upon reading it, I was inspired to go back to the drawing board. Whinge #1 - Displeasure with my body. Whinge #2 - Estrangement from my family. I am going to visit my family...
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The Boy With The Inked Skin: September 2013
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The Boy With The Inked Skin. Sunday, 1 September 2013. Poly Means Many - Negotiating with Yourself. Negotiating - we all do it, in every aspect of our lives from work, to friendships and socializing; some better than others. Negotiating within romantic/sexual relationships can be a challenging and fraught experience. This can be doubly so in poly relationships, because there is often a whole lot more to negotiate! You know the old chestnut “You cannot love someone until you love yourself”? Say, for examp...
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The Boy With The Inked Skin: January 2013
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The Boy With The Inked Skin. Thursday, 31 January 2013. My Invisible Freak Flag. Last night during a post-dance class pub discussion on changing identity, I was made to think a lot about how my identity has changed over the years, Mostly, about how I see myself, and about how to world sees me. I think this sort of ties into some sort of ‘queer-invisibility’ issue. Despite my ‘normal-looking’ exterior, I still feel. All the while, finding ways to still fly my freak-flag high. Monday, 7 January 2013. There...
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The Boy With The Inked Skin: September 2012
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The Boy With The Inked Skin. Monday, 3 September 2012. Fear and Loss in Polyland. Being poly means more partners, more love, more support. Sadly, it also means more loss. Having 3 people who love you is great, but losing 3 people who love you is less than great. But, having a larger. Of those who love you makes any dark time easier to get through. In the end, I know that poly. For me and, despite the greater potential for heartbreak, the greater potential for love makes it all worth while.
