It’s normal to feel happy for your partner when they’re doing something that brings them joy, like, say, winning a game or finally getting a big promotion at work. Who wouldn’t want to see their ...

When Michelle Visage was asked for the secret to the success of her 28-year marriage, during a guest spot on Cush Jumbo’s podcast, she shared a surprising and honest answer: Compersion. She’s not ...

Compersion is a form of sympathetic joy in which Person A experiences positive thoughts and emotions when they know about Person B's positive experience, even if Person A gets nothing out of it for ...

It’s normal to feel happy for your partner when they’re doing something that brings them joy, like say, winning a game or finally getting a big promotion at work. Who wouldn't want to see their ...

Compersion: The opposite of jealousy; the feelings of happiness that your lover(s) are also loving and being loved by other lovers. Coined by the Keristan Commune of San Francisco, which practiced ...

“He that is not jealous, is not in love.” —Saint Augustine “Love is when the other person’s happiness is more important than your own." —H. Jackson Brown Compersion is a recently coined term that ...

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It seems that every day the word compersion makes its way further into daily discourse. While its usage is by no means pervasively common, at least not yet, I've noticed it being uttered verbally or ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, SheKnows may receive an affiliate commission. More and more, lovers are attempting to expand their romantic ...

According to data from YouGov, 1% of the UK population are currently in polyamorous relationships and 8% would be open to being part of one. For clarity, this means that 680 thousand people are in ...