Today’s story is going to be all about polyamory. This story comes from Central Valley, California, USA – it’s been covered by The Daily Mail. It’s about a woman, Alexis Watts, who supports polyamorous relationships. She has a loving husband and a supportive boyfriend; she’s currently pregnant and says her polyamorous lifestyle has strengthened her marriage and overall happiness.
Alexis Watts is married to Christopher; they met at a swingers event after Alexis’ first marriage was unsuccessful and traumatic. Alexis is 28, and Christopher is 35 – they’re very much in love and have been married for four years. The couple shares four children together. And there’s also an unnamed boyfriend in the picture who supports Alexis in her life.
Christopher also sees other women, but he loves his wife and children. Both Alexis and Christopher live a polyamorous life where they take care of each other first and then their other partners.
Alexis’ boyfriend has a wife, too. Nothing is kept secret from anyone, and they’re all aware of their polyamorous lifestyles.
Alexis told The Daily Mail:
“I always felt as though something was missing in my first marriage. I had more to give and I was fighting polyamory,”
“I started swinging and met my husband where we spoke about polyamory and it was like magic, it just made sense.”
“My boyfriend meets needs my husband can’t. For example, he’s a therapist so we have deeper conversations.”
“In fact, we weren’t intimate for a very long time because our emotional connection was so strong.”
“People think polyamory is about $ex, but it isn’t, it’s about relationships and having more love to give,”
“We’re not walking around in red heels and lipstick trying to take your partner, we only want consenting parties.”
“We get jealous, we’re human and it’s a natural emotion. It doesn’t have to be a bitter and defensive emotion, it’s how you deal with it that’s important.”
“It’s made us grow as we learn how to communicate around it. It’s essential to identify what makes you jealous and what you need from your partner. It’s quite therapeutic.”
She also talked about her boyfriend’s involvement in her personal life, saying:
“My boyfriend is involved in my kid’s lives but isn’t responsible for them, he’s more like a fun uncle.”
“Even his wife loves my kids and helps us look after them, she’s so excited when I bring them round.”
“They don’t have kids yet but when they do we’ll help them as much as they help us.”
“We’re like a huge family so the added support that comes with polyamory makes the pregnancy easier.”
And speaking about the polyamorous lifestyle, she said:
“My family are supportive, they were confused and wanted to make sure it wasn’t a phase at first but they’re on board now.”
“I lost one set of grandparents but that wasn’t due to polyamory, it was because my husband is black.”
“We want to teach others about the lifestyle and make it more accepted.”
What are your thoughts on polyamory? Share your thoughts in the comments below!
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Images & Featured Image via The Daily Mail
I think i love this kind of marriege life style the 2 couple are being true to them selves which ithink many marrieges would work if we can all being open to each other like that.
I think bringing other partners around the kids is a very bad idea. Swinging is something for ppl which can’t figure out what they want. Man can’t keep it in his pants women can’t stop cheating. Ppl need to grow up.
Kitchi, What a perfect example of what is WRONG with the world today!
“ It does take great maturity to understand that the opinion we are arguing for is merely the hypothesis we favor, necessarily imperfect, probably transitory, which only very limited minds can declare to be a certainty or a truth.”
You need to grow up!
The only real stupidity is that of a closed mind.
This is one f’d up situation. Poor kids and it’s easy to feel bad for these highly insecure people that need to sleep around to feel needed and wanted. So sad. This is why we have such a delusional socmirty today- I’m sure with these people being in California is not shock either. I truly feel for those kids.