The Modern Loving Family

What's a hinge? Join your favorite polycule as they share their State of the Polycule Address, share life updates, and dive into what it means to be a good hinge within a polycule.Support the showYou can check us out via our Linktree!https://linktr.ee/ThemodernlovingfamilyBecome a subscriber and ask us anonymous questions!

We spend a lot of time talking about red flags and general problems in polyamory. But what about the good stuff? What makes you get down on one knee at a U2 concert? (Whoops, spoilers!) Support the showYou can check us out via our Linktree!https://linktr.ee/ThemodernlovingfamilyBecome a subscriber and ask us anonymous questions!

CW for medical talk. Welcome back, Carl! Carl introduces us to Bob, tells us about life after stroke, the role polyamory has played in this life event, and the next step for the polycule.Support the showYou can check us out via our Linktree!https://linktr.ee/ThemodernlovingfamilyBecome a subscriber and ask us anonymous questions!

Hello! Join us as Jaimee recounts what happened to them and Carl on their trip to Las Vegas to U2. Trigger warning: this episode talks about stroke and medical procedures. Support the showYou can check us out via our Linktree!https://linktr.ee/ThemodernlovingfamilyBecome a subscriber and ask us anonymous questions!

For this week's episode, your favorite polycule continues its adventures in online dating by trying out the biggest and most well-known app out there--Tinder.  Find out with us how Tinder and apps like it work, why they are so successful, and why men (present company excluded) are trash...Support the showYou can check us out via our Linktree!https://linktr.ee/ThemodernlovingfamilyBecome a subscriber and ask us anonymous questions!

Hell has frozen over and pigs are flying, because The Modern Loving Family has downloaded a dating app.  In this episode, we review Feeld, a dating app for nonmonogamous folx.Support the showYou can check us out via our Linktree!https://linktr.ee/ThemodernlovingfamilyBecome a subscriber and ask us anonymous questions!

In this episode, your favorite polycule finishes their series on unpacking their religious trauma and answers an anonymous question about expressing their desire for polyamory to an uncomfortable partner. Support the showYou can check us out via our Linktree!https://linktr.ee/ThemodernlovingfamilyBecome a subscriber and ask us anonymous questions!

This week the Polycule discusses the process of breaking away from their church upbringings, leaving both their established communities and for some…their jobs. Why did we leave? And what was the fallout like?Support the showYou can check us out via our Linktree!https://linktr.ee/ThemodernlovingfamilyBecome a subscriber and ask us anonymous questions!

This episode is the first in our long-promised series on unpacking our religious trauma, and how it intersects with our polyam and queer identities.  Inspired by our deep dive into Netflix religious documentaries during family leave with the new baby, we each discuss some of the lessons we learned from our religious upbringings and what started our disaffections with organized religion.Support the showYou can check us out via our Linktree!https://linktr.ee/ThemodernlovingfamilyBecome a subscriber and ask us anonymous questions!

In this episode, the polycule responds to two anonymous questions surrounding a theme: how do you navigate the beginnings of (possibly) being polyamorous?Support the showYou can check us out via our Linktree!https://linktr.ee/ThemodernlovingfamilyBecome a subscriber and ask us anonymous questions!

Happy Birthday to the podcast!In this episode, Jaimee, Kendi and Carl answer anonymous questions and reflect on one year of open, radical honesty via the podcast. Support the showYou can check us out via our Linktree!https://linktr.ee/ThemodernlovingfamilyBecome a subscriber and ask us anonymous questions!

Hello and welcome back!We will be discussing labor and delivery/our birth story in this episode, so if that's not your thing - see you next episode!Support the showYou can check us out via our Linktree!https://linktr.ee/ThemodernlovingfamilyBecome a subscriber and ask us anonymous questions!

In this episode, the polycule plays catch-up after a recording hiatus, answers another anonymous listener question, and then they dive into some of the material things that make polyamory easier for them.Support the showYou can check us out via our Linktree!https://linktr.ee/ThemodernlovingfamilyBecome a subscriber and ask us anonymous questions!

The polycule finishes answering questions, and defines veto power.Support the showYou can check us out via our Linktree!https://linktr.ee/ThemodernlovingfamilyBecome a subscriber and ask us anonymous questions!

The polycule discusses a recent bad day they had and answers anonymous listener questions. Support the showYou can check us out via our Linktree!https://linktr.ee/ThemodernlovingfamilyBecome a subscriber and ask us anonymous questions!

The polycule catches up, and discusses the ins and outs of navigating the holidays while polyamorous.Support the showYou can check us out via our Linktree!https://linktr.ee/ThemodernlovingfamilyBecome a subscriber and ask us anonymous questions!

The polycule discusses how they handle jealousy in past and present situations. Support the showYou can check us out via our Linktree!https://linktr.ee/ThemodernlovingfamilyBecome a subscriber and ask us anonymous questions!

In this episode, the polycule discusses the announcement of our pregnancy. ****TW for discussion of infertility and miscarriage.****Support the showYou can check us out via our Linktree!https://linktr.ee/ThemodernlovingfamilyBecome a subscriber and ask us anonymous questions!

Back from a short hiatus, TMLF discusses what it is like to come out as polyamorous at work. The good, the bad, and the ugly. Support the showYou can check us out via our Linktree!https://linktr.ee/ThemodernlovingfamilyBecome a subscriber and ask us anonymous questions!

The polycule sits down to tell their polyamory coming out stories and what transpired with their families. Support the showYou can check us out via our Linktree!https://linktr.ee/ThemodernlovingfamilyBecome a subscriber and ask us anonymous questions!

On this episode, Jaimee, Kendi and Carl discuss the terms and definitions of different open relationship styles, and also ask the question…is an open relationship right for you?Support the showYou can check us out via our Linktree!https://linktr.ee/ThemodernlovingfamilyBecome a subscriber and ask us anonymous questions!

“One taught me loveOne taught me patienceAnd one taught me painNow, I'm so amazing..” - Ariana GrandeIn this episode of TMLF, the polycule talks about the lessons they have learned from their exes, and the gratitude they have for those people and life experiences.Support the showYou can check us out via our Linktree!https://linktr.ee/ThemodernlovingfamilyBecome a subscriber and ask us anonymous questions!

Last episode, we met Jaimee and Kendi. Now meet Carl, Jaimee's other partner! Carl shares his journey into polyamory, Carl and Jaimee talk about the evolution of their relationship, and the nature of our polycule. Support the showYou can check us out via our Linktree!https://linktr.ee/ThemodernlovingfamilyBecome a subscriber and ask us anonymous questions!

Meet Jaimee and Kendi, two members of The Modern Loving Family. In this episode they talk about how they met, how they discovered polyamory, how they define it, and what they do (and don't!) like about it.Support the showYou can check us out via our Linktree!https://linktr.ee/ThemodernlovingfamilyBecome a subscriber and ask us anonymous questions!