Interest in non-monogamous relationships is increasing: this is why polyamory is hot

Staying loyal to a fixed partner? Apparently not anymore. In fact: cheating seems to be almost no longer a taboo.

I still remember my ears ringing when I saw on Instagram that a married couple suddenly had a woman join them.

Three in one, then. I didn't know what I was experiencing. Am I really so old-fashioned, boring, happily married to just one man?

Apparently so. Love triangles are trendier than ever, and then there's also non-monogamy. Continuing to develop sexually so that you ‘miss nothing’. It fits well with the current generation. They want both. So also that stability of having sushi on the couch together on Sunday night, but also that wild life of a tongue with the bartender on Friday night.

It's officially trending at the moment: being non-monogamous means having more than one partner. And it's not just about cheating; it's more than that. The most well-known form of non-monogamy is indeed cheating, but a form that seems to be on the rise is polyamory. The polyamorist often has loving relationships with multiple people, in good consultation. So that couple that I suddenly saw falling in love with another woman at the same time? Completely normal in this time. “Polyamory is the new gay, is a bit my impression,” says Stefan Ossmann, who is getting his PhD on the subject at the University of Vienna. “It's really becoming a bit hip. You also see it more and more in series, like You Me Her.”

I find it quite appealing. Maybe it's not for me, but that doesn't mean it doesn't fit anyone.

Choose freely for whom you want to choose, and if being with six makes you happy? Live and let live. Seems to me a beautiful goal worldwide for 2024.