So I'm finally getting around to posting about SPLF.

We had a great time. It was just sylvarthorne and I this year. Phoenixprime stayed home and slept the weekend away much to her great contentment. I made it through TSA with my cane with no problem, which I'd been worried about. We managed to connect a whole host of folks - emeraldliz and crew (her fear that her fangirl squee was ( Read more... )

After we went out to the b-day brunch of a friend Saturday morning we met up with a member of the Leather family who was in town for the afternoon. His description of all of us is as follows:

"I got to meet the Chicago Hyenas. edwarddain has a sweet, playful lechery you rarely find in someone so young. Sylvarthorne has a sweet cuteness that belays the wickedness ( Read more... )

I have gotten used to having sylvarthorne around to help when we have company over - or when I am going shopping.

Note to Self: Schedule further out to avoid lack of Service in the future.

Cooking for five or more people is way easier when I have somebody helping.

She does that.

Plus I don't have to clean the dishes afterwards.

"We were a charmed generation. Unlike our parents, we grew up with antibiotics, we hadn't had to suffer the deaths of our schoolmates from things like scarlet fever. Then AIDS hit us." - Thom Gunn ( Read more... )

The question came up in the post regarding Collars on the BDSM and Leather filter regarding how one manages being openly or closeted polyamorous/non-monogamous but still maintain the integrity of an ethical set of relationships. Ok, so that's not exactly how it was phrased, but that was what was meant. Ultimately this is an entirely subjective set ( Read more... )

So here's the passage from a recent interview:

Edward Dain*, a Ph.D. student in Illinois, lives with his wife and child, and has a lover as well. Like many polyamorous people, he married his primary partner, effectively sidestepping many legal issues. However, Dain does not see a need for a poly civil rights movement. "Polyamory has a ways to go ( Read more... )