Multiamory: Rethinking Modern Relationships

503 - Normalizing Non-Monogamy: Bru + Mark

Oct 29, 2024

A couple shares their transformative journey into non-monogamy after 18 years of marriage, revealing the challenges they faced and the personal growth they experienced. They reflect on their conservative upbringing and the importance of community support. The discussion touches on managing emotional dynamics, communication, and the evolving nature of relationships. Humorous anecdotes highlight the balancing act of personal truths and societal pressures, ultimately emphasizing the value of authentic connections and internal validation.

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Brew and Mark illustrate how understanding personal desires and definitions of a fulfilling relationship can challenge traditional norms around monogamy.

The importance of community support is highlighted as a vital resource in navigating and empowering non-monogamous relationships.

Brew's experiences with complex PTSD emphasize the necessity of communication and self-awareness in building trust within a non-monogamous framework.

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Intro

5min

Navigating Non-Monogamy After 18 Years

22min

Navigating Disclosure and Relationship Evolution

7min

Navigating Emotional Dynamics in Non-Monogamy

21min

Navigating Personal Truths in Relationships

3min

Redefining Success and Failure in Relationships

2min

Navigating Evolving Relationships

15min

Community Connections and Humorous Reflections

8min

For this week's episode, the Multiamory crew is taking a much-needed break, and featuring episode 308 of Normalizing Non-Monogamy: Bru + Mark! Hosts Emma and Fin talk with Bru and Mark about their guests' relatively recent journey of opening up their long partnership.

For Emma and Fin, life is all about seeking out adventure, embracing the chaos, and meeting amazing people along the way. They are in their mid thirties, met in seventh grade, and have been together since their freshman year of college. A year or so into their relationship it was obvious that exploring everything life had to offer was part of who they were as individuals, and as a team. They were very young at the time and neither had really experienced the world of dating, so they created a way to explore aspects of the dating world without ending their relationship, through non-monogamy. Fast forward about 11 years and they decided to start a weekly podcast called Normalizing Non-Monogamy in 2018. They absolutely love meeting new people and hearing their stories and through this podcast they get to interview people from all over the world who are exploring non-monogamy on their own terms. The hope is that if they can get enough of those stories out into the world that it will provide a resource for anyone who is considering non-monogamy. They also want to show that non-monogamy is more common than most people think and that it can be done in an ethical and consensual way. Overall, the mission is to inspire people to embrace their true selves so that, together, we can open minds and live authentically without shame.

Find more about them and Normalizing Non-Monogamy at https://www.normalizingnonmonogamy.com/!

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Multiamory was created by Dedeker Winston, Jase Lindgren, and Emily Matlack.
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