Someone at our meeting a few months ago asked, "How do you broach the subject of polyamory with someone you're seeing? How do you let them know that you're polyamourous?"
Depends on the situation -- I'm married. I'm in a different situation than a single person. It might also be different depending on where you are meeting someone -- at a party where your spouse/spice is/are present? On a business trip? And so on.
Sometimes I'm in a situation where people already know I'm poly - that's easy then, eh? Or sometimes people have known that I'm married -- that's another case. People might make assumptions -- that I'm looking for sex, that I'm looking for a clandestine "affair," etc. Different situations require different explanations and different beginnings.
For a single person, beginning to date someone -- that's harder. Or, in my case, if I'm on a business trip and meet someone -- it's awkward to find my way to the point where I can say, "I'm married -- but we still might make some kind or relationship, you and I -- not secret -- an open one that my wife would know about and accept..."
There's always that temptation -- not to tell -- to wait until "later"... Not a good idea!
What would you do? What do you think? How would you do it? Can you tell us? Come to our next meeting and let us know!