The term “new normal” is often bandied about to garner excitement for an idea that breaks with conditioning. The term has definitely been used for polyamory, a structure wherein someone has sexual or romantic relationships with two or more people at the same time. In light of the conversations I have had, I really wouldn’t go that far. Polyamory isn’t a revolutionary new idea, it is one that has slowly taken form in a pushback against the conditioning of monogamy. It is about as normal—or as abnormal—as the idea of having one partner at a time. The only difference is that monogamy is part of the
