<![CDATA[Stories by Anne Shark on Medium]]> https://medium.com/@anneshark?source=rss-7920e0266ce------2 https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/fit/c/150/150/1*A1MIQjsgo25EXSgGjHQNIQ.jpeg Stories by Anne Shark on Medium https://medium.com/@anneshark?source=rss-7920e0266ce------2 Medium Sat, 14 Nov 2026 02:32:21 GMT <![CDATA[How Polyamory Stopped Feeling Safe]]>

“If you have sex with someone else, I will be destroyed”

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After taking a break, all I hear are unhappy poly stories

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]]> https://medium.com/if-not-romance/will-i-ever-return-to-polyamory-b0c64dad5aba?source=rss-7920e0266ce------2 https://medium.com/p/b0c64dad5aba Mon, 21 Apr 2025 16:13:37 GMT 2025-04-21T16:13:37.862Z <![CDATA[When a Lover Pulls Away, or Desire Slowly Fades]]>

At first you’ll fight it, but eventually, you’ll flourish

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]]> https://medium.com/know-thyself-heal-thyself/when-a-lover-pulls-away-or-desire-slowly-fades-df0a43065238?source=rss-7920e0266ce------2 https://medium.com/p/df0a43065238 Fri, 28 Jun 2024 09:22:18 GMT 2024-06-28T09:22:18.816Z <![CDATA[Session With My Inner Therapist at 4:33 am Last Night]]>

Polyamory is just too much sometimes but also, but I kinda want to date again, too

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]]> https://medium.com/if-not-romance/session-with-my-inner-therapist-at-4-33-am-last-night-74207086c4b3?source=rss-7920e0266ce------2 https://medium.com/p/74207086c4b3 Sun, 23 Jun 2024 16:48:12 GMT 2024-06-23T16:48:12.821Z <![CDATA[Dancing With Another Showed Me I Was Non-Monogamous at Heart]]>

Wings I had no idea had been tucked away underneath my shoulder blades unfolded when I danced

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]]> https://medium.com/if-not-romance/dancing-with-another-showed-me-i-was-non-monogamous-at-heart-7605eae2cb06?source=rss-7920e0266ce------2 https://medium.com/p/7605eae2cb06 Sat, 08 Jun 2024 19:01:25 GMT 2024-06-09T12:34:51.991Z <![CDATA[After a Year of Polyamory Challenges, Do I Really Want to Date Again?]]>

I don’t have time or energy to run after Peter Pan, but it’d be great to jog alongside a friend and lover

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]]> https://medium.com/if-not-romance/after-a-year-of-polyamory-challenges-do-i-really-want-to-date-again-8a1cd2523873?source=rss-7920e0266ce------2 https://medium.com/p/8a1cd2523873 Tue, 05 Dec 2023 17:16:08 GMT 2023-12-05T17:16:08.314Z <![CDATA[The Sex Was So Hot… Then Came My Desire for Intimacy]]>

Is sex always about forming a deep soul bond?

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]]> https://medium.com/sensual-enchantment/the-sex-was-so-hot-then-came-my-desire-for-intimacy-36c3ec720a9e?source=rss-7920e0266ce------2 https://medium.com/p/36c3ec720a9e Sat, 30 Sep 2023 17:47:56 GMT 2023-09-30T17:47:56.865Z <![CDATA[I Used to Be His Favorite Person — Then There Was Polyamory]]>

This is the origin of our love story

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]]> https://medium.com/if-not-romance/i-used-to-be-his-favorite-person-then-there-was-polyamory-a37a6ac6aaea?source=rss-7920e0266ce------2 https://medium.com/p/a37a6ac6aaea Fri, 15 Sep 2023 14:55:12 GMT 2025-09-20T19:59:43.617Z <![CDATA[Polyamory Updates: The Simmering Fear in My Stomach Is Finally Beginning To Fade]]>

I’m finding my footing as my partner’s other relationship goes on hiatus

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]]> https://medium.com/age-of-empathy/polyamory-updates-the-simmering-fear-in-my-stomach-is-finally-beginning-to-fade-761785e9a0a8?source=rss-7920e0266ce------2 https://medium.com/p/761785e9a0a8 Tue, 05 Sep 2023 02:19:48 GMT 2023-09-12T13:58:13.101Z <![CDATA[How I Know Things Are Getting Better in Polyamory]]>

After a period of polyamory-induced despair, I’m beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel

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