This week we are talking about New Relationship Energy and how this can affect you and your relationships.

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• We start out by defining NRE (see next point) but Jhen and Sham also share their own personal experiences with it in the episode. Spoiler alert: Jhen is a secret UHaul girl dater and Sham sometimes gets NRE about sexual relationships.

• What is NRE? How do we deal with it? See the links we used to discuss this below.

  • https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-polyamorists-next-door/201910/new-relationship-energy-what-it-is-how-deal-it

  • the “intoxicating feeling” of connecting with someone new. “In ‘vanilla dating,’ [it is referred to] as the honeymoon period,” – Haylin Belay

  • “New Relationship Energy, or NRE, is a strong and sometimes overwhelming sense of excitement associated with the onset of a new romantic or sexual relationship.” http://houstonpoly.org/new-relationship-and-established-relationship-energy/

  • https://www.themanual.com/culture/new-relationship-energy-nre-guide/

  • https://findpoly.com/blog/new-relationship-energy/

• How long does NRE last? It’s different for everyone. Sorry! No one size fits all answer there.

• Common NRE mistakes

  • http://polyfor.us/common-nre-mistakes/

• Dos and Don’ts in a Triad when dealing with NRE – https://thetriadbook.com/three-in-love/

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