Designer Relationships: How to Create What Works For You

Contemporary relationships are evolving rapidly, providing people with the opportunity to create partnerships that align with their own sexualities, beliefs, and agreements. This concept, known as designer relationships, was coined by Kenneth Haslam, founder of the Kinsey Institute's Polyamory Archive. Designer relationships can involve emotional bonds without sexual intimacy, accepting non-exclusivity, single people with occasional lovers or friends with benefits, and various configurations where all or some partners share long-term commitments. Partnerships can also explore kink, as there are limitless possibilities. This approach allows for flexibility and change, as relationships can open and close or have varying degrees of openness based on mutual, conscious, and deliberate decisions. Relationship experts Patricia Johnson and Mark A. Michaels, who have studied polyamory for over 20 years, exemplify this lifestyle and share their insights in their bestselling book, Designer Relationships: How to Create What Works For You. Learn how you can craft your own unique and fulfilling love and life through this book