
W hat I want to do now is talk about how people may live an unconventional life diverging from this model. W e talked about the reasons for the hallmarks of the R elationship E scalator or what I would call the criteria of these necessary conditions for the R elationship E scalator and why they exist.

W hat we’re going to do is a follow – up to a previou s episode in which I had Kris Marsh, a sociologist and Shane Mauss, a standup comic.

T his model of the R elationship E scalator has been tremendously h elpful to me and my reade rs. T his episode is part of a series, E xamining R elationships, both conventional and unconventional. I’ve been looking forward to this for a long time. Amy was a guest on two of my favorite episodes, G etting O ff the R elation s hip E scalator and D efinin g S olo. She’s working on the second edition of her delightful, wonderful and useful 2017 book, S tepping O ff the R e lationship E scalator, a r esearch- b ased g uide to i ntimate r elationship d i versity. When she’s not writing about energy, technology, a n d business, she’s researching and writing about unconventional relationships and the power of social norms. Amy is a writer and journalist based near Boulder, Colorado. We discussed the hallmarks of the R elationship E scalator and explore the many ways that people deviate from them including consensual non-monogamy, big friendship a nd a solo lifestyle. Amy is the C reator of the R elationship E scalator, a concept covered in previous episodes. We continue our series on Conventional and Unconventional Relationships with part one of a conversation with a special return guest, Amy G a hran.

ĭiverging From The Relationship Escalator – Part 1 Amy and Peter discuss the hallmarks of the relationship escalator and explore the many ways that people diverge from it – including consensual non-monogamy, big friendship – and of course, a solo lifestyle. Amy is the creator of “the relationship escalator” – a concept covered i n previous episodes. In this episode, Peter McGraw continues the Solo series on conventional and unconventional relationships with the first part of a conversation with Amy Gahran.
