Still searching for The One when polyamory is more fun? | Hephzibah Anderson
Polyamorous relationships are having a moment. Or at least they are across the Atlantic, where New York magazine last week sought to distract its readers from the January blues with an extensive feature devoted to the trending lifestyle choice. With a cover featuring a cuddling quad (that's a foursome) of cats, it offered a practical guide for the curious couple" and even got Whoopi Goldberg hinting at her own non-monogamous experiences on US talkshow The View.
It's just the latest in a steady trickle of articles, books, films and TV shows whose narratives have been drawing ethical non-monogamy in from the hippie fringes (Polyamory isn't just for liberals", preached a Time headline a couple of months ago), making a YouGov poll less surprising: roughly a third of Americans, it found, prefer some degree of non-exclusivity in their relationships.
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