Page Turner's Blog, page 152
October 26, 2017
I Wish I Knew Dating a Couple Was Even an Option When I Was Growing Up
My first crush was on Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis.
Yes. Both of them. Not Jeff or Geena. Jeff and Geena.
Especially when they were married, during the Earth Girls Are Easy days (and yes, The Fly, but that movie gives me and most other sane peeps the heebie jeebies). » Read more
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October 25, 2017
The Monsters We Become: What Power Does to the Formerly Powerless
“There,” I said, wrapping a thick bundle of duct tape around both our wrists.
“Duct tape?” Matt said. “But it bonds to the skin.”
“I know,” I said. “It just means we’ll have to go fast.”
He shuddered as I sank down onto him.
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I’d started dating Matt because of a promise I’d made to myself. » Read more
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October 24, 2017
The Pain Is Fine: How We Moved from Vanilla to Swirl to Chocolate Kink
“Causing Someone Pain Is Never Okay”
“Ow,” he says.
It takes me a second to even hear that he’s said anything. We’re cuddling on his bed, and I’m so cozy and comfy that I’ve half zoned out of reality.
“C’mon, Page, move,” he says. shoving me to the side.
“Oh,” » Read more
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October 23, 2017
A Polyamorous Heaven: Funerals Don’t Come With Trigger Warnings
Funerals Don’t Come with Trigger Warnings
I’m sitting up as straight as I can on the pew while my mother sobs on my left. Skyspook is on my right, his hands folded in his lap.
We’re sitting in the front row. My grandmother sits on the other side of my mother. All 5′ » Read more
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October 22, 2017
PQ 12.3 — What do I believe will happen if I ask a partner to end another relationship, and he or she says no? Why will that thing happen?
PQ 12.3 — What do I believe will happen if I ask a partner to end another relationship, and he or she says no? Why will that thing happen?
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Veto power† is a funny thing.
Ostensibly, it’s adopted to give a sense of security to both partners. “If anything happens that scares us or threatens our underlying relationship, » Read more
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October 21, 2017
PQ 12.2 — Who do I think should have the final say in whether a relationship ends? Why?
PQ 12.2 – Who do I think should have the final say in whether a relationship ends? Why?
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“I just want to say I’m sorry,” he says.
It stops me in my tracks. What? What’s he talking about? “Sorry about what?” I ask.
“I didn’t take your advice, » Read more
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October 20, 2017
The Katamari of Kink or Sickness at the Love Buffet?
The Katamari of Kink
“The reason I’m into polyamory is because no one person could be into everything I’m into,” he says.
“Oh?”
“It’s not the whole reason I’m in the polyamory, but it’s a reason I’m into polyamory,” he clarifies.
It’s evident, the breadth of his interests. » Read more
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October 19, 2017
It’s Dominance and Submission, Not Better and Worse
“You know, you shouldn’t sell yourself so short,” she says.
“Oh?”
“You have a lot to offer. You’re smart. A beautiful girl. I don’t know why you let yourself be overshadowed like that,” she says.
Now I’m confused. I know that I sometimes have a habit of being self-deprecating, » Read more
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October 18, 2017
Fat to the Future: Living Life Out of a Suitcase
“When I lose 50 pounds, I’ll finally be able to…”
“I can’t wait until I get thinner because I’ll…”
I’ve said things like this so many times. I spent years waiting for that magical moment when I would finally be the right acceptable size. And then, only then, would I have permission to start living my ideal life. » Read more
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October 17, 2017
Dobby Is a Free Elf: Polyamorous Partying Without Expectations
It all started with a silly meme that I made for Poly.Land’s Facebook page, mixing polyamory with a bit of Harry Potter. “Dobby has no master. Dobby is a free elf.”
But as fate would have it, I was throwing a party at my house that very evening. The first one since I started dating my three partners that they would all be in attendance: Skyspook, » Read more
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