Intimate Network

Intimate Network

Intimate Network: This is a term commonly used by non-monogamous couples or by people in the polyamory community. As people in the coupling begin to form sexual or romantic relationships with other people in addition to their primary partners, the sexual or emotional intimacy and compatibility felt by all individuals continues to grow or deepen. These connections and bonds become stronger, which helps these individuals to become a close-knit network or family. The bonding experienced among all of the friends and lovers involved in the network exists on a secondary level. This means that although the lovers will invest energy, time, emotional support, and sexual attention into those involved in their intimate network, the level of commitment for the secondary lover is not as strongly felt or prioritized as their primary lover.