• Apopular misconceptionabout polyamorous people is that they can’tcheat.
• Apolyamorousperson can cheat on their partners by ignoring agreed-upon boundaries about dating others, like not telling their partners when they have sex with new people.
• Hailey Gill, 26, has been polyamorous since high school and told Insider what cheating looks like in their relationships.
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Hailey Gill, 26, realized they were polyamorous during their sophomore year of high school. They’ve been navigating being polyamorous in a monogamous world ever since.

But having more than one partner doesn’t mean Gill’s relationships are a free-for-all. Gill, who has a husband and another partner, said cheating could occur in their relationship if they started seeing someone else without telling their husband or boyfriend. Read more