The man who taught me about polyamory

It was on a lake in New York

Before I’d heard of polyamory, I’d always felt there was something wrong with me. It seemed like no matter how hard I fell in love, I always ended up feeling trapped long term.

In my last purely monogamous relationship, for example, a year in, I told my boyfriend at the time that I wasn’t sure about monogamy longterm. He was an even-tempered person, and …