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glossary

the language of how we love.

definitions, context, and community perspective on the terms that shape plural relationship life.

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names we made up or bent to mean something here. you'd only know them from tessakin.

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a

the agreement you build together and keep: not a contract, not a one-time talk.

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c

one question a week to everyone you keep close; answer once and see how they all answered.

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the shared conversation open to everyone on tessakin.

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a private map of your kin and how you've named them.

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Cuffing season is the stretch of colder months, roughly late fall through winter, when people tend to pair off for warmth and steady company, then often loosen those ties come spring.

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e

an invitation game for two: it goes only as deep as you're both ready for.

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g

three questions a week about what went right between you, revealed together.

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k
Kincore

the people you keep close and choose to tend.

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m

a slow, private, structured way to work through a rupture, alone or together.

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the good things, kept automatically from your practices.

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p

a daily question for two, answered apart then seen together.

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s

six guided dates, two questions each: a private journal, or shared with people you invite.

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t

a regular check-in on the relationship itself, with action items that carry forward.

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one question each day about how we connect; your answer starts private.

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w

your answer shown to people arriving for the first time, just the words, never your name.

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