[BettyAnnMBSC]

Hubby and I were involved in a polyamorous relationship from 96-00; the bottom line of my experience.

In a poly relationship there are more than the two people that make a couple.
The additional partner can be either male or female.
Most often, the additional partner belongs to one or the other of the primary couple. Although, most often, all three get pretty attached to each other.
The relationship is described by those involved as love -- the idea is that you can love more than one person at a time.
Polyamory (meaning many loves) differs from the lifestyle in that poly is more about relational love and is a full-time endeavor. The lifestyle is about the primary couple and is a from time-to-time endeavor.

So, for that four years, I had a "wife" and a husband -- he had two "wives". Not sexual partners but domestic partners as well....