"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Recently, polyamory has become seemingly popular in mainstream media. It’s likely you’ve seen the word ...

SALLIE, 31, lives with her girlfriend, but she also has a boyfriend she spends just as much time with. The nonprofit worker occasionally has other partners on the side as well, as does her girlfriend.

Even though “polycule” sounds like the name of an experimental UTI antibiotic, it’s a broad term used to describe all the interconnected partners in the same polyamorous network. Think of it like a ...