Polyam pride 'n' stuff!

Often, polyamorous people who experience jealousy feel particularly ashamed about it. A lot of us feel like being jealous means that we aren’t truly polyamorous. Many polyamorous people tend to vilify or deny their feelings of jealousy because it makes us feel confused and uncomfortable. The truth is, experiencing jealousy does not negate the fact that you’re polyamorous. Jealousy is a feeling that naturally occurs to many people, especially when we grow up in a society that tells us that monogamy is the only option. It’s also a very natural reaction to feeling insecure, upset, or lonely. I’ve learned first-hand that denying your envy or berating yourself for being jealous won’t make you feel any better. Instead, it will leave you feeling awful and guilty. So acknowledge your jealousy without shaming yourself for it.

Polyamorous people: your amount of love doesn’t make you slutty, needy, an attention seeker, or a bad partner. You don’t need to have been in a relationship to know you are polyamorous and you don’t need to have been in a polyamorous relationship to know you are polyamorous. You don’t give any other sexualities you identify with a bad name, your love isn’t more inappropriate than anyone else’s, and anyone who kicks you out of the queer community is wrong.

shoutout to all of the polyamorous bisexuals out there