Glossary
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Ethical non-monogamy
Also known as ENM and CNM (consensual non-monogamy). These terms refer to any relationship dynamic in which partners consent to pursue sexual and romantic connections with multiple people
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Ethically non-monogamous
Related to ENM / CNM.
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Friends with benefits
Friends who sometimes have sex. They may like each other or even love each other, but in essence it is not a romantic relationship.
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FWB
Friends with benefits. Friends who sometimes have sex. They may like each other or even love each other, but in essence it is not a romantic relationship.
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Garden Party
Garden Party Polyamory. Its name comes from the idea of people at a garden party – most of the people there are independent of each other, but they still have some level of connection or platonic relationship with each other’s partners/lovers.
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Honeymoon phase
The honeymoon phase is a blissful, carefree period in a couple’s relationship (it might not be necessarily a couple in poly context). The partners are just getting to know each other and don’t seem to find any fault with their significant other. Everything that new partner does—from how they eat to the stories they tell—feels charming…
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Kitchen Table
Kitchen Table Poly or KTP refers to having a relationship network where everyone knows with and is comfortable with everyone. Specific levels of comfort vary, but the base line idea is that you can all sit around the kitchen talk together drinking coffee/tea and talking and everyone is comfortable with it
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KTP
Kitchen table poly or KTP refers to having a relationship network where everyone knows with and is comfortable with everyone. Specific levels of comfort vary, but the base line idea is that you can all sit around the kitchen talk together drinking coffee/tea and talking and everyone is comfortable with it
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Mono
Also known as monogamous. Characterized by, or practicing monogamy.
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Mono-normative
Related to Mono-normativity.