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  • A couple face with their backs against each other in pink and soft violet with the column title #PolyProbs framed in a circle around them
    relationships

    #PolyamoryProblems: Advice for Newbies
    with Too Many Feelings

    DaemonumX
    Jun 8, 2021
  • Two women stare at each other suggestively; one is seated and looking up, the other is kneeling above her looking down. The words Poly Probs are printed on top of the image.
    love + sex

    #PolyamoryProblems: How Can I Make
    My Primary Partner Have More Fun?

    DaemonumX
    May 3, 2021
  • A couple sits in bed, clearly upset with each other. Their body language makes it clear they are fighting. The Poly Probs logo is printed on top of the photo.
    lesbian sex

    #PolyamoryProblems: How to Approach
    Safer Sex with Multiple Partners

    DaemonumX
    Apr 5, 2021
  • A queer person with short hair and thick rimmed glasses looks jealously at their partner, who is texting and oblivious. The logo Poly Probs is stamped on top of the image.
    relationships

    #PolyamoryProblems: How To
    Deal With Jealousy

    DaemonumX
    Mar 1, 2021
  • A couple face with their backs against each other in pink and soft violet with the column title #PolyProbs framed in a circle around them
    relationships

    #PolyamoryProblems: Advice for Newbies
    with Too Many Feelings

    DaemonumX
    Jun 8, 2021
  • Two women stare at each other suggestively; one is seated and looking up, the other is kneeling above her looking down. The words Poly Probs are printed on top of the image.
    love + sex

    #PolyamoryProblems: How Can I Make
    My Primary Partner Have More Fun?

    DaemonumX
    May 3, 2021
  • A couple sits in bed, clearly upset with each other. Their body language makes it clear they are fighting. The Poly Probs logo is printed on top of the photo.
    lesbian sex

    #PolyamoryProblems: How to Approach
    Safer Sex with Multiple Partners

    DaemonumX
    Apr 5, 2021
  • A queer person with short hair and thick rimmed glasses looks jealously at their partner, who is texting and oblivious. The logo Poly Probs is stamped on top of the image.
    relationships

    #PolyamoryProblems: How To
    Deal With Jealousy

    DaemonumX
    Mar 1, 2021
#PolyamoryProblems
advice
A couple face with their backs against each other in pink and soft violet with the column title #PolyProbs framed in a circle around them
relationships

#PolyamoryProblems: Advice for Newbies with Too Many Feelings

For some polyam newbies, big feelings can make you feel out of control. Dating experienced people can be a gift, but it could also mean that you defer to your…
DaemonumX —
Jun 8, 2021
#PolyamoryProblems
advice
Two women stare at each other suggestively; one is seated and looking up, the other is kneeling above her looking down. The words Poly Probs are printed on top of the image.
love + sex

#PolyamoryProblems: How Can I Make My Primary Partner Have More Fun?

Stop trying to make your vanilla partner more kinky!
DaemonumX —
May 3, 2021
#PolyamoryProblems
advice
A couple sits in bed, clearly upset with each other. Their body language makes it clear they are fighting. The Poly Probs logo is printed on top of the photo.
lesbian sex

#PolyamoryProblems: How to Approach Safer Sex with Multiple Partners

Polyamory is all fun and games until you get an STI from one partner and then your other partner shames you for it. STIs aren’t fun, but they do happen.…
DaemonumX —
Apr 5, 2021
#PolyamoryProblems
polyamory
A queer person with short hair and thick rimmed glasses looks jealously at their partner, who is texting and oblivious. The logo Poly Probs is stamped on top of the image.
relationships

#PolyamoryProblems: How To Deal With Jealousy

This month, jealousy rears its pesky head for one polyamory veteran. Find out how to normalize jealousy, decode your feelings, and reframe jealousy as a gift to point you towards…
DaemonumX —
Mar 1, 2021
#PolyamoryProblems
polyamory
A solemn-looking person with short hair and a beanie looks downward as they hug their knees to their chest; the text #polyprobs is overlaid in a circle next to them.
relationships

#PolyamoryProblems: How Do I Stop Getting Vetoed by My Dates’ Partners?

You’ve been vetoed — that truly sucks! A veto is where each person in a relationship has the power to end the other person’s relationships — “I vote against you…
DaemonumX —
Feb 1, 2021
#PolyamoryProblems
polyamory
#PolyamoryProblems: How to Deal With a Closeted Partner
relationships

#PolyamoryProblems: How to Deal With a Closeted Partner

Feeling made invisible by your own partner’s choices to not come out as both queer and polyamorous is tough. This edition of #PolyamoryProblems dives into how to deal with a…
DaemonumX —
Jan 4, 2021
#PolyamoryProblems
advice
Image of a queer couple. One partner embraces the other, with her head resting on the partners shoulder. She looks visibly worried. The partner stares into the distance with an independent vibe. Overlaid is a logo that says #PolyProbs
breakups

#PolyamoryProblems: How Do I Know When It’s Time To Break Up?

The idea of breaking up, and/or transitioning your relationship to platonic as somehow a failure or throwing something away is one of those pesky ideas we need to unlearn.
DaemonumX —
Dec 7, 2020
#PolyamoryProblems
advice
Two people sit far away from each other, arms crossed, body language indicating they are fighting. Text on top of the image reads Poly Probs.
relationships

#PolyamoryProblems: The Way My Partner Engages With Her Other Partner Makes Me Uncomfortable, What Should I Do?

Boundaries are our manifestations of how we deserve to be treated and what we will accept from others.
DaemonumX —
Nov 2, 2020
#PolyamoryProblems
advice
A transfeminine non-binary person and transmasculine gender-nonconforming person having an argument on a couch. Overlaid on the image is a circular logo that says #polyprobs.
relationships

#PolyamoryProblems: Opening Your Relationship 101

Welcome to the first installment of #PolyamoryProblems, a new advice column on Autostraddle. There are countless things I wish I had known before I started out, and lucky for you…
DaemonumX —
Oct 5, 2020
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