Are you ready for polyamory? The quirks and characteristics needed to make it work
Just a few years ago, the question of opening up a relationship was mostly asked in hushed tones. “So, they’re sleeping with other people now?” one person might whisper. “Wait, you’re dating how many people?” another may murmur. Fast-forward to 2024, however, and these kinds of conversations have morphed into kitchen table chitchat.
Polyamory seems to be everywhere. From splashy headlines and viral TikTok clips to teen dramas and dating app profiles, ethical non-monogamy, as it’s sometimes termed, is very much the subject du jour. A lot of the recent interest is thanks to one woman, Molly Roden Winter, whose debut book, More: A Memoir of Open Marriage, details how the 51-year-old married mother of two decided to reinvent her sexual self through polyamory.
“I felt like there were no stories from the mainstream about it, and I felt very closeted,” Winter told in a now-viral profile. “It often feels like mothers are, one-third of Americans (34 per cent) describe their ideal relationship as something other than complete monogamy. Meanwhile, according to one survey by from July 2023, 35 per cent of Britons think humans are not naturally monogamous.
