Earned Secure Attachment: Developing Trust After Insecurity
Earned secure attachment is relationship security developed later in life through self-awareness, supportive relationships, emotional learning, and repeated experiences of trust.
Secure Attachment: Trust, Emotional Safety, and Healthy Intimacy
Secure attachment is a relationship pattern marked by trust, emotional closeness, healthy independence, reliable support, and open communication.
Attachment Avoidance: Emotional Distance and Fear of Intimacy
Attachment avoidance is a pattern of discomfort with emotional closeness, dependence, vulnerability, and support in intimate relationships.
Attachment Anxiety: Fear of Rejection and Abandonment in Relationships
Attachment anxiety is a pattern of relationship insecurity involving fear of rejection, abandonment, emotional distance, or loss of a partner’s affection.
Ambiamory: Comfort With Both Monogamy and Polyamory
Ambiamory is the capacity or preference to feel fulfilled in either monogamous or polyamorous relationships, depending on compatibility and circumstances.
Monopoly Relationship: When Monogamy and Polyamory Coexist
A monopoly relationship, more clearly called a mono/poly relationship, involves one monogamous partner and one polyamorous partner within a consensual arrangement.
Polycule: The Network of Partners and Metamours in Polyamory
A polycule is a network of people connected through polyamorous relationships, including direct partners, metamours, and other indirectly connected partners.
Parallel Polyamory: Separate Relationships and Limited Metamour Contact
Parallel polyamory is a relationship style in which multiple consensual relationships remain largely separate, with limited or no direct interaction between metamours.
Kitchen-Table Polyamory: Partners and Metamours Sharing Community
Kitchen-table polyamory is a relationship style in which partners and metamours are comfortable communicating, socializing, and sharing parts of community or family life.
Comet Relationship: An Intermittent but Meaningful Intimate Connection
A comet relationship is an intermittent romantic, sexual, or emotional connection in which partners reconnect meaningfully after long periods apart.