What if non-monogamy had always been normal? Would we have married, cheated, had kids, or even found each other? A listener voicemail made Adam & Pris answer.
On this episode of Beyond Monogamy, the swinger and ethical non-monogamy (ENM) podcast, we imagine the versions of ourselves that never got the chance to exist. We both grew up Catholic in Mexican-American households with a strict script for how a good man and a good woman should live. We talk about Pris's childhood crushes on girls and staying closeted, Adam's "girl-crazy" shame, whether there'd be less cheating if open relationships were accepted, wanting "the one," having a primary, Catholic guilt, Adam's years in the seminary, and machismo in the lifestyle. Then we finish with an alternate-timeline lightning round. It's one of our most personal episodes ever.
IN THIS EPISODE:
- The listener voicemail that started it all
- Growing up bi in a strict Mexican Catholic household
- Adam's "girl-crazy" shame and the aunt with a boyfriend
- Would cheating disappear if non-monogamy were normal?
- Wanting "the one," primaries, and why poly didn't work for us
- Could either of us go back to monogamy?
- Catholic guilt and why Adam left the seminary
- Machismo, toxic masculinity, and Latinx couples in the lifestyle
- Lightning round: at 18, who are we dating, and do we still find each other?
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