I had half the day off yesterday and flipped on the tube. It so happened that Montel was covering swinging, polyamory, bigamy etc on his show yesterday. I don't know if any of you all saw that. Anyway, the polyamory triad/triumvirate/whatever involved a female who lived with her boyfriend but spent a week every 6 weeks with another man 1,000 miles away. She met the "other man" while filming a documentary on, of all things, polyamory with her live-in boyfriend.
I had heard the term but didn't know that the heck polyamory was until that show. To me, it seems to involve emotional commitment vs. swinging in general (okay that's just my definition), but that's how I understand it. It's not my thing, but I respect those to whom it appeals. Swinging to my wife and I is about fantasy fulfillment in the context of enhancing our relationship with each other. I cannot relate to having an emotional relationship with another woman besides my wife, so polyamory isn't for me. To each his/her own though:)