About this event
ENM Storytelling Evenings | Treehouse NDSM (Amsterdam North)
THEME OF THIS EVENING: POLY HOLIDAY SEASONS
For many people, the Holiday Season with Christmas, Hanukkah and New Year’s Eve can feel a little… complex. As vacations and days-off come around, our minds become occupied.
We run around dark, snowed-under streets and bright, advertisement filled stores looking for the perfect gift. We stock our kitchen cabinets with non-negotiable ingredients which must be tracked down for traditional, and in the end rewarding, reasons. It’s always a mixture of anxiety and warmth. We prepare ourselves for long-standing family dynamics, unfamiliar territory with in-laws and the dilemma of choosing between friends’ parties.
Now, what happens if we add more than one partner or lover? Even when your grandmother begins to accept your modern love, your parents may still put a limit on how many partners you bring due to their gift or dinner budget. Being polyamourous, open or otherwise ENM during the winter holidays can range from happy to heartbreaking.
Deciding whom and where to spend them with, and why. Being a secondary - and not invited. Trying to keep things separate, but needing to acclimiatise to your metamour anyway. Figuring out who you’ll kiss at midnight, and wondering if it will change. Whether to tell people about your polyamourous or non-monogamous identity and life or not, and the consequences any choice would have for you (professionally or privately) or your relationships.
How can we best and most efficiently schedule, navigate these topics and fulfill as many needs as possible, without draining ourselves? From asking to spend the next edition together, spending Christmas with one and New Year’s with the other or recreating the holiday experience on another available date - with openness to creative solutions, we may find there is enough love to go around.
THIS IS FOR YOU WHEN
This evening is for anyone: whether you’re just starting out or already experienced in non-monogamy/open relationships/polyamory.
PRACTICAL INFO
Monday Dec 14th, 2026
• 19:00 doors open, program 19:30 – 21:30
• Location: Treehouse NDSM, Amsterdam North
• Language: English
Do you not have that much budget and would like to come? Then we can figure something out. Send me a message.
POLY STORIES
Poly Stories invites you in the exploration of the wondrous world of non-monogamy through personal storytelling: together navigating the edges and unpacking (moral) dilemmas. This evening is for everyone with a curiousity in the free shapes of love.
• Expect inspiring stories with Q&A
• The sharing of experiences and inspiration
• Love's wisdom to take home
Each evening revolves around a central theme. We co-create the night together. There is space to talk to others, ask questions and bring in your own experiences.
WANT TO SHARE A STORY YOURSELF?
Would you like to share a story this evening or one of the upcoming ones?
Send an email to suzanne@suzanneallegonda.nl
ABOUT THE ORGANIZER
Suzanne Allegonda is a relationship therapist specialized in non-monogamy. She has always been fascinated by human thinking and behavior. In her private practice she focuses on working with individuals and couples in ENM relationships. Over the past years, she has organized various lectures and workshops where philosophy, self-reflection and love and intimacy meet.
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