http://openfidelity.info Faithfulness with or without monogamy Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:26:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm coming out of blog-exile because there is a very important event happening next Saturday: London's annual Polyday. It is described on the website as: A two-day event for everyone who knows that happy and honest relationships don't have to be monogamous, Polyday ... http://openfidelity.info/2008/09/06/polyday-in-london-13-14-september/ I have decided to change the way this blog is licensed and to start using a Creative Commons licence instead of simple copyright. At the same time, I am giving away the pdf version of Open Fidelity - an A-Z Guide free under the same Creative Commons licence: it ... http://openfidelity.info/2008/06/24/a-creative-commons-licence-for-blog-and-book/ I have been asked to appear in a TV programme, and this time I've actually said yes! It's part of a series called 'Sex - How To Do Everything', which will be filmed next week. I will be in a studio discussion with the presenters, Em and Lo, focusing on how ... http://openfidelity.info/2008/05/31/a-tv-appearance-suggestions-volunteers/ Those of you who subscribe by email won't have received my last post because of a technical error. It is online now at http://openfidelity.info/2008/05/28/open-fidelity-and-quakerism/ . Apologies for this. http://openfidelity.info/2008/05/31/for-email-subscribers-new-post/ I was at Britain Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) last weekend, so it seems a good time to write something about how my being a Quaker relates to Open Fidelity. Firstly, if you don't know much about Quakers, there is a great website about it here and ... http://openfidelity.info/2008/05/28/open-fidelity-and-quakerism/ Following my post asking people to comment more, I've had several people saying it is really difficult to do so. I've now changed the settings so that you don't have to be registered and logged in to comment, but if you aren't you will have to type the word shown ... http://openfidelity.info/2008/05/16/commenting-now-easier/ A few things have come to my attention recently that might be of interest to you. New Open relationships website and book A new website has been launched, Opening up, by the US author, columnist, editor, and sex educator Tristan Taormino to accompany her book of the same title that was published ... http://openfidelity.info/2008/05/16/some-relevant-things-from-elsewhere/ I've been away for a while, and I've been thinking about why I am writing this blog. It is partly because I hope that what I write here will be helpful to people struggling with monogamy and/or infidelity. But is this blog actually helping you, dear readers? And will you ... http://openfidelity.info/2008/05/13/creating-an-open-fidelity-community/ The relationship structures of the people I have interviewed can be fitted into four models. They illustrate four different ways in which you can go about honest nonmonogamy. Different models work best for different people, and there is some overlap between them. It is possible to change from one model ... http://openfidelity.info/2008/04/18/kinds-of-open-fidelity/ One of the key principles of Open Fidelity is to do with promises, and I want to look at this in more detail here. There are three main aspects: keeping the promises you make avoiding making promises that you don't think you will be able to keep renegotiating your promises rather than breaking them All ... http://openfidelity.info/2008/04/14/promises/