“Why am I still single?”If you’re single and searching, there’s no end to other people’s explanations, excuses, and criticism explaining why you haven’t found a partner:“You’re too picky. Just find a good-enough guy and you’ll be fine.”“You’re too desperate. If men think you need them, they’ll run scared.”“You’re too independent. Smart, ambitious women always have a harder time finding mates.”“You have low self-esteem. You can’t love so...

Love songs and Hollywood romances make it all sound so simple: You find your soul mate, move in together, get married, never stray from the path of monogamy, and live happily ever after. But real life tends to be more complicated. Many couples pursue alternative living arrangements, and some even pursue alternative loving arrangements.The twenty-nine personal essays in this collection offer a variety of perspectives and experiences with nontraditional relationships and forms of coh...