Meaning of metamour | Babel Free

Definitions

In a polyamorous relationship, one's partner's partner, with whom one is not directly involved.

uncommon

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Examples

“I get⟳ it less with women who are bi and poly than with women who are monosexual and monogamous/monoamorous, but I can't put⟳ my finger on why, and there are exceptions in both directions. I get⟳ it less with metamours than with women who are unrelated, but maybe that's just because if my metamours were alien to me, there's a fair chance they'd be alien to my partners too, or conversely that I'd have⟳ been alien to the partners when they were still just potential partners, and hence we'd never become⟳ metamours in the first place⟳.”

“[…] — and in considering how jealous I would feel⟳ if Anna (or honestly any of this polycule, because yes, reader, they are all hot) were my metamour, I imagine⟳ what it would be like⟳, how destabilizing to watch⟳ your partner grow⟳ closer and more intimate and happier with another person;[…]”

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