Glossary
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CNM
Consensual non-monogamy. This term refers to any relationship dynamic in which partners consent to pursue sexual and romantic connections with multiple people
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Comet
A long distance relationship where the partners only meet in person rarely but are happy to pick up their connection at those times and be less intensely in touch in between, like a comet passing close enough for the Earth to see.
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Compersion
Happiness at the joy of one’s partner in another relationship; sometimes referred to as the opposite of jealousy. Complementary: it is a positive emotional reaction to a lover’s other relationship. The term was coined by the Kerista Commune.
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Consensual non-monogamy
CNM. This term refers to any relationship dynamic in which partners consent to pursue sexual and romantic connections with multiple people