-- Let's Get it Started --
My wife Kim and I were a polyamorous couple and had been together for ten years and married for five when we decided to leave the hustle and bustle of the East Coast and move closer to our families. So, in mid-2014, we packed our lives into two PODs and moved to Michigan's Upper Peninsula. We lived in borrowed houses and rentals for the better part of a year as we explored several towns in the central part of the U.P. before deciding on the Escanaba area. We chose this area because it had an airport, relatively milder winters than the Lake Superior side, and was equidistant between where Kim and I grew up.
The Escanaba area in the U.P. was the perfect fit because, besides being closer to our families, it was large enough to have diverse people, food, and shopping that the smaller communities did not have. After much searching, we finally found our perfect house on a secluded cul-de-sac on Little Bay de Noc on Lake Michigan. The community was close-knit and friendly, and there was a sense of peace and quiet that we didn't have on the East Coast. We loved spending our days exploring the outdoors, swimming in the lake, and hiking in the nearby forests.
This is the story of finding our new home and how close we got to our neighbors.
-- You Oughta Know --
Kim and I were married before we met, and those relationships failed for various reasons. But the biggest reason for both of us related to our views on sex and how they differed significantly from our spouses. To many people, this usually refers to the decline of sexual activity within the marriage. This was true for us. I was married for fifteen years, and by year 5, I was lucky if my wife was interested in sex a couple of times a month. During this time, she returned to college for her Master's and began an on-again, off-again affair with one of her professors. Kim's story was a little different; her husband started fucking around after the kids were born.
Although Kim and I had yet to meet, we approached these situations similarly. In both cases, we confronted our spouses about their infidelity but didn't condemn it. We asked only that they be up-front about it and tell us what they were doing. We were okay with it as long as they didn't withhold sex from us, told us what they were doing, allowed us the same freedom, and participated in sexual adventures as a couple.