Top Five for Episode #17: Terms from www.morethantwo.com

This episode was packed with information, opinions, and thoughts on non-traditional relationships. It really got me thinking and so with a little bit of internet surfing I came across the site www.morethantwo.com. They have a great glossary of terms for people who aren't exactly sure about all the phrases and terms being thrown out there.

The following are five terms that I thought were interesting, fun, and fun to say:

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#5 Boston Marriage: This is an archaic term which was used primarily in the 19th century to describe a household of 2 unmarried women who were financially and otherwise independent. Today it's generally presumed that these were lesbian relationships. It's the fact that this term is so antiquated that caught my eye - plus any term with the word "Boston," in it will always catch my eye.

#4 Closed Swinging: A practice in which a group of swingers will exchange partners and then have sex separately. Usually in separate rooms. Alright, listen, I'm naïve when it comes to these kind of things so the fact that there's so many different shades of "swinging is something that has fascinated me.

#3 Frubble: A pleasant emotion of happiness arising from seeing one's partner with another partner. Face it, frubble is just a fun word to say.

#2 Key Party: A specific type of play party usually attended by couples. The male deposits his keys in a container when he arrives and as the guests leave the female draws a set of keys at random from the container and whoever the key belongs to is whoever goes home together. That sounds like a very interesting party.

#1 Puppy-Pile-Poly: This is a colloquial for polyamorous relationships in which all people involved are to some degree physically and/or romantically involved with one another, with the implication that the people involved may share sex and/or sleeping space (hence, "all in one puppy pile"). It's number one because alliteration is fun.