Caitlin V

And then, of course, there are individuals that practice what's known as solo poly, and they don't have a core couple.

They're individuals that are doing their thing.

And I guess it works for them.

I don't see...

we can't measure them by like the longterm relationship because that's not sort of the orientation.

Right.

I think that polyamory and non-monogamy and open relationships became really popular over the last couple of years in media.

At least they did in my world.

And I think it gave people the idea that they should try it.

And I don't think that was accurate.

It's not for most people.

It's like, to me, it's like an orientation.

If you grew up

suspecting that you could love and have relationships with more than one person, if you had a relationship with one person and then you really felt like you wanted to add another person into that relationship, even early on in life, as early as 14 or 15 when you were first dating and trying these things out, you might be a really good candidate for polyamory.

If you have not felt that before and all of a sudden you read an article in Vogue that describes this relationship style

Right, right.

And then suddenly you're like, oh, that's an interesting option.

Maybe we should try that.

And I would say I think a lot of people are looking at their primary relationship and they're going, you know what?

I would like more.