Polycule conflict can be repaired if everyone actually wants to fix it and takes self-motivated steps toward repair, not because a hinge or metamour is urging them to. We’ve mediated many polycule disputes and gone through them ourselves. I (Millie) have had metamours I didn’t get along with and chose to be very parallel with them. Looking back, I wasn’t doing anything toward repair because I didn’t care about repairing with that person anymore. And that’s real. I also wasn’t thinking in terms o

A polycule is a term used to describe a network of people who are romantically or segually connected in a polyamorous relationship structure. It’s like a relationship web, where multiple individuals are involved with one or more partners, creating a variety of connections within the group. Each person in the polycule may have different kinds of relationships, and the polycule can take different shapes based on those connections. The word “polycule” comes from combining “polyamory” (meaning ‘many