Irma Vermaat / Items
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Four Steps To Opening A Marriage
Public Bookmark added by Irma Vermaat on 08/17/2008Being in a successful open marriage is about four things: 1) finding the support you need, both within your marriage and from the people around you; 2) accepting that jealousy is a manufactured emotion that, with enough conscious effort, you can learn to let go of; 3) treating an open marriage ...
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Suzanne Portnoy: Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Jefferson: A Sex Blogger Fights for Custody of his Kids
Public Bookmark added by Irma Vermaat on 08/17/2008"Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." The phrase came to me this morning while musing over the predicament of my friend, the sex blogger Jefferson. Because his ex-wife recently discovered he is bisexual, he is now fighting for custody of his kids. It's an ironic twist that the man who ...
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The Daily Californian - Sharing the Wealth
Public Bookmark added by Irma Vermaat on 08/17/2008I'm told that if something seems too good to be true, it probably is. That's likely why I've never given polyamory a second thought. Openly dating two (or more) people without drama or moral conundrums sounds great, but there's got to be a catch, right? Further research, however, indicates that ...
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Nine Signs That You’re Dating A Narcissist
Public Bookmark added by Irma Vermaat on 08/17/2008How To Know If You're Dating A Narcissist
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30 Places To Have Sex Before You're 30
Public Bookmark added by Irma Vermaat on 08/17/200830 Places To Have Sex Before You're 30
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Practical Polyamory: John Edwards, Cheating and the Ethics of Polyamory
Public Bookmark added by Irma Vermaat on 08/17/2008Certainly our society's fetish for monolithic, life long monogamy as the be-all and end-all of relationships creates fertile ground for cheating. This doesn't let the cheater off the ethical hook, but it does go a long way toward explaining why people in western society - and especially in the ...
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Polyamory: Family First's 'Phantom Menace'
Public Bookmark added by Irma Vermaat on 08/17/2008Christian Right lobby group Family First and pathetic gutter "journalist" Ian Wishart have attacked Labour's SocialDevelopment Minister, Ruth Dyson, over a non-existent social policy 'speech' that she never made 'endorsing' polygamy and polyamory.
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Like the love triangle in 'Vicky Cristina,' real-life trios see all sides
Public Bookmark added by Irma Vermaat on 08/17/2008On Friday, Scarlett Johansson, Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem hit the big screen as a trio of volatile lovers in Woody Allen's "Vicky Cristina Barcelona." In the movie, Bardem kisses Johansson. Johansson kisses Cruz. Then, they all fall for each other. But in real life, far from the jaunty ...
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Dating In A Triad, A Polyamourous Relationship
Public Bookmark added by Irma Vermaat on 08/17/2008I really didn’t know what polyamory was until I fell into it at 27. I was arguing one day with a couple I’d been sleeping with for about a month, when BAM! I ended up in a three-way relationship. I’ve always been open-minded as far as sexual relationships were concerned and was sleeping with a ...
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Using the Squat Toilet
Public Bookmark added by Irma Vermaat on 08/05/2008Rule One: Exhaust all other possibilities.