Polyamory, swinging, monogamish relationships and more. Off the Escalator, intimate relationships might be: – Nonmonogamous: Sexual/romantic nonexclusivity, with all-around informed consent. Gahran identifies five main ways that intimate partners can step off the traditional Relationship Escalator. “Stepping Off the Relationship Escalator” explores how unconventional relationships might look and work differently from traditional relationships. Over 330 individuals are quoted directly in this book (with permission). Participants shared moving, in-depth personal stories and insights. In 2013-14, journalist Amy Gahran surveyed 1500 people about their unconventional intimate relationships: how those relationships work, how they feel, and why these people stepped off the Escalator. Many people have stepped off the Relationship Escalator, to live and love in uncommon ways. If you wish to explore a different way of loving, it’s not always obvious what your options are, or where those paths might lead. The “Relationship Escalator” is the bundle of social conventions for intimate relationships: monogamy, living together and much more, ideally until death do you part. Fortunately, there are plenty of options. Yet often, people assume that all healthy or serious intimate relationships must follow same trajectory.
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