I heard this word and did not know what it meant but people using the word were discussing poly amory and it suppose to be opposite of jealousy. It means fully appreciate and feel the joy of pleasure your partner or friends are feeling.
Maybe I am such a selfish/ self centered person that it is such a relief to be able to stop jealousy in its track is such an ecstatic pleasure that I have no time for compersion. I just drop it before it spread and takes over my mind. Ahhh what a relief. I also find it pleasurable… to be able to love and give love without any expectations. It is liberating. If you find a beautiful flower in the wilderness do you pick and kill the flower or just leave it be? I just let it be and I am not doing it for others but just for my own pleasure. Somehow, letting go of jeaousy feels very similar.
Have you experienced ” compersion” ?
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I was in a long distance poly relationship about three years ago and I experienced comperson for my partner’s partner. I was very satisfied in our relationship and when we would be apart for weeks at a time I had genuine appreciation for all of the things he would do for her. I came to appreciate the differences in our connections to her. We each offered her different things.
I’m in a monogamous relationship now, but I’m grateful for the experience with poly. It opened my eyes to how narrow my vision was of what composed a relationship or a friendship. Different relationship in our lives meeting different needs.