Polyaffective

Polyaffective or Metamours are a type of relationship between people who are emotionally close and are connected by a polyamorous relationship, but are not in a sexual or romantic relationship with each other. Some examples include:


 * Two heterosexual men who are both in sexual relationships with the same woman and have co-spousal or brother-like relationships with each other.
 * Two heterosexual women who are both in sexual relationships with the same man and have co-spousal or sister-like relationships with each other.
 * Those in a N polyamorous relationship who are not dating one another, but still have an emotional bond.

History
It is unknown when the term "metamour" was coined, however the word "polyaffective" was coined by a individual studying polyamorous relationships and was posted on psychologytoday.com on August 9th of 2018.

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The polyaffective flag was created by Deviantart user NonMonoPrideFlags on September 25th, 2015.

Resources
https://www.psychologytoday.com/