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Navigating relationships with more than one partner

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Have you heard of ethical non-monogamy? It's when people in a relationship have more than one partner at a time, but everybody involved is aware and enthusiastically consenting. What are the challenges and how are people making it work? Plus in the Too Hard Basket, what do you do when your friend's partner super-likes you on Tinder?

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Dec 29, 2023

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