O.P.E.N support & community: Secrecy vs privacy

The sun is shining at last and it's time for a (hopefully) summery June Support & Community!

This month we're talking about "secrecy" and "privacy". When we talk about ethical relationships, we often over-simplify by saying that a relationship is unethical when people keep secrets from each other. How does this interplay with people's desire for privacy? How does it work when there are multiple people involved, each with their own individual private lives?

Come along if you have stories or advice to share, or questions to ask, or just to listen. You're as welcome if you've been coming for a decade or if this is your first time! Looking forward to seeing you there.

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Yorkshire O.P.E.N is a community for people in or curious about ethically non-monogamous relationships.

Once a month we come together to have a chat over some drinks and support each other with building great relationships, in a safe and welcoming environment.

Newcomers are always welcome! We're a friendly community and we have new faces almost every month. If you're nervous about coming along for the first time, get in touch with the organisers and we can arrange to meet you beforehand.

Owing to the ongoing pandemic, all our meetups are happening online on Zoom until further notice. It should be the same link every month, which you can find on this event page.

You can join with or without a camera or microphone - if you'd like to just listen or communicate using the text chat, you're welcome to do that. And please feel free to use a fake name.

Events often look a bit like this:

7.00: social time (bring your own crafts!)

7.30: introductions and a chance to air what's on your mind about relationships in a structured way

8.00: a roundtable chat about a topic (related to relationships) agreed by the community in advance

8.45: break and social time

9.00: support session - a chance for people to help each other with specific questions, problems or concerns

9.45: social time if you'd like to stay on the call

10.00: close

If you've not been before, please check out our website: https://www.y-open.org.uk/ which has info about what to expect at a meetup, as well as the basic ground rules we put in place to keep this event a safe space.

Hope to see you all there!