Welcome to the Free Love Diaries.
You’ve reached a unique and intriguing destination for original relationship stories pertaining to Ethical Non-Monogamy and Conscious Polyamory.
All of the content on The Free Love Diaries is organized into a story or author format that will allow you to accompany the writers on their epic journeys to expansive love.
Wild Woman: A Polyamory Memoir by Audrey Perris
A modern fairytale by of emotional, erotic, and existential healing through the freedom of love beyond two. Follow Ella, a fiery, passionate, possessive, and newly divorced single mother down the rabbit hole from monogamy to communal polyamory.
What begins as an experiment in drawing outside the conventional lines of love transmutes into a fantastic journey towards rekindling her sensual fire, revitalizing her motherhood, rebuilding the family tribe, redefining sisterhood, and unapologetically reclaiming her feminine wildness. Warning: this is not your classical storybook version of “happily even after”.
Wild Woman – A Polyamory Story – Prologue
What follows is the recounting of a real modern fairytale of unexpected emotional, erotic, and existential healing through ethical nonmonogamy.
Wild Woman – First Date
“I knew right away that you were it for me, there were no reservations or second thoughts, I saw you and in an instant knew in my bones, my soul had known your soul lifetimes ago.” ~ Beau Taplin 2016 – Present Day – Age 36 I looked down at my hands gripping my...
Wild Woman – The Day After
“Can I come in?” asked Claire, my beloved sister-in-law. I beckoned her inside once I peeled myself off the ceiling. Claire was a sister beyond marital formality; she and I were soul sisters in humor, spirit, and heart. I had the privilege of watching her grow from a...
Wild Woman – Adam’s Lessons
Throughout my life, I would occasionally experience a strange sensation upon encountering certain people for the first time. It was an eerie tingling; a prickle across my skin like a wayward ant at a summer picnic. A muted voice would whisper, “You will know them.”
Kai’s Journal
Insightful and heart-centered perspectives from a real live conscious polyamorous man. Kai is also the dashing hero in Audrey Perris’s online memoir, Unfenced.
16 Surprising Things I Learned in 4 Years of Ethical Non-Monogamy
I was committed to the same lovely woman, happily and monogamously for 18 wonderful years. Nonetheless, as in many marriages, things came up that could not be reconciled. As such, we chose to consciously uncouple close to 3 years ago. We are...
A Letter to the Man Who Shares the Woman I Love
This essay is a companion to my love's Letter To The Woman Whose Man I'm Sleeping With. Both letters were inspired by the exquisitely vulnerable essay "A Letter To The Women Who Sleep With My Man" by Wilrieke Sophia. Dear Brother - I am in joy. I am also scared....
Is It Really About Polyamorous Vs. Committed Relationships?
I AM polyamorous,AND...IN committed relationships.It’s not exactlyyour grandma’sbrand of commitmentbut commitment nonetheless!Unlike Grandma, I’m no longer interested in living the unrealistic expectation of “forsaking ALL others till death do us part”. Emotional and...
Nonmonogamy Essays, Commentaries, and Musings
Thoughts from the site authors and fearless readers on their own journey as it relates to expanding their definition of love.
How to Write an Open Relationship Rules Agreement that Works
One of the first concepts I came across in reading polyamory and consensual non-monogamy bibles such as Opening Up and More than Two was a relationship rules agreement. This is a set of boundaries or guidelines designed to allow each person in an open relationship to...
A Letter To The Woman Whose Man I’m Sharing
This post is a loving response to the exquisite and vulnerable “Letter to the Women Who Sleep with My Man” by Pure Wilrieke.
My Particular Pussy: A Poetic Plea to End the Silent “No”
I have a secret to share Would you like to hear it? I have a very Particular Pussy. She is a unique little freak A choosy cha-cha A selective snake charmer She has always been picky and persnickety with a capital “P" And as for me listening wasn’t always...
A Letter to the Man Whose Woman I Love
This guest essay is a companion to our Letter to the Man Who Shares the Woman I Love. Both letters were inspired by the exquisitely vulnerable essay "A Letter To The Women Who Sleep With My Man" by Wilrieke Sophia.A Letter to the man who welcomes me into his queen's...
Is It Really About Polyamorous Vs. Committed Relationships?
I AM polyamorous,AND...IN committed relationships.It’s not exactlyyour grandma’sbrand of commitmentbut commitment nonetheless!Unlike Grandma, I’m no longer interested in living the unrealistic expectation of “forsaking ALL others till death do us part”. Emotional and...