A metamour is the partner of your partner, someone you are not romantically or sexually involved with yourself. The word comes from polyamorous communities, where it names the relationship between two people who share a partner.
Metamour relationships range from warm friendship to polite distance, and neither is treated as a failure. Many people in open or polyamorous networks value the connection because it shapes how smoothly shared time, scheduling, and honest communication flow between everyone involved.
Worth knowing: Metamour dynamics work best when everyone agrees on what information gets shared, what stays private between partners, and how boundaries around time and intimacy are respected by the whole network.
Also called: meta, metamour, metamours, kitchen table polyamory, parallel polyamory, V relationship, triad, polycule
