Compersion

Compersion (noun) – The state of being happy for another person’s happiness. Often used to describe being happy at seeing one’s romantic partner experiencing happiness with other partners.

Example

Chris and Dotty are romantic partners. Dotty is also romantically involved with Stan. Chris feels compersion when he sees how happy Dotty is with Stan.

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Don’t Ask Don’t Tell

A relationship style, in which the participants agree to non-monogamy, but do not want to know the details, or perhaps even the existence of, their partner’s other romantic or sexual relationships.

Example

Bill and Ted are married and have a don’t ask don’t tell relationship. Ted doesn’t know that Bill is also dating Rufus. This doesn’t violate their don’t ask don’t tell relationship agreement.

Garden Party Poly (Birthday Party Poly)

A relationship style in which metamours don’t interact frequently, but are comfortable being in the same space for an event, such as the birthday party of their shared partner. This style can be considered to exist in the space between kitchen table poly and parallel poly.

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