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Yahoo
23-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
We're a polyamorous family — here's why this unusual dynamic was the best thing to happen to us
Six isn't a crowd here. A polyamorous family of six has managed to make their dynamic work — despite being misunderstood by many. Kel Macettare, 41 and Bruno Cordisco, 42, met in high school, married and eventually had two sons, Henry, 19 and Hector, 13. Although the couple set out to be monogamous, especially when they decided to have children — after being together for years, they decided they wanted to try something new to spice things up. 'Bruno and I have lived under the same roof for 19 years,' Macettare told NeedToKnow. Macettare and Cordisco first started exploring polyamory by visiting swingers' clubs. To their surprise, they each met and fell in love with other people. 'At first, I wasn't ready for polyamory and even considered ending the relationship,' she said. 'But everything happened with a lot of respect.' The duo never expected to find such joy in expanding their marriage and family to include outside people — and now the happy family of six manages to make it work for everyone. Macettare is dating a man named Diego Machado and Cordisco is dating a woman named Jennifer de Faria. Machado lives in the family's home while Fairia visits regularly on the weekends. There are two bedrooms for both couples, so everyone can have privacy. And how does this family manage to all live under the same roof? 'Everyone helps out.' 'Bruno usually cooks and does the grocery shopping, and Jennifer helps with these tasks,' Macettare said. Cordisco handles the laundry and the guest bathroom, Macettare cleans the floors, and the kids handle their responsibilities. 'Henry does the dishes, and Hector cleans the cat litter, takes out the trash, and wipes the sink,' their mother explained. When it comes to making decisions regarding their family, the four adults have private discussions 'to maintain consistent authority.' 'We've always raised them based on partnership. And they know they can argue their points responsibly.' Despite outsiders not fully understanding this polyamorous family's dynamic — they do what's best for them and ignore the haters. 'People think it's chaos, but there's a lot of communication here. We don't romanticise it,' Cordisco chimed in. 'It's emotional work all the time. But it's worth it.'
Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
This polyamorous couple has a ‘sex calendar' — it keeps things ‘organized and balanced'
Put it on the calendar. One polyamorous couple has a calendar solely for them to figure out when each of them could get it on with their partners. Kel Macettare, 41 and Bruno Cordisco, 42, were high school sweethearts who are now happily married with two sons — Henry, 19 and Hector, 13, according to Jam Press. They sound like any other regular family of four — except for the fact that each of the parents has a significant other with whom they schedule sex for. Macettare and Machado opened their marriage after checking out a swingers' club — which led them to meet Diego Machado and Jennifer de Faria. Machado lives in the family's home in Florianópolis, Brazil, while Fairia visits regularly on the weekends — and the clan is one happy group. To keep things organized, the group has a family calendar on the fridge that shows everyone's daily chores and responsibilities. And of course, the adults have a separate schedule just for their eyes that outlines their sexy time. Monday through Friday, Macettare and Cordisco focus on their relationship — and on the weekends, the couple spends time with each of their partners. 'Kel and I have an intense chemistry and we're intimate every day,' Cordisco told NeedToKnow. 'Since we dedicate weekends to our other partners, it builds up the anticipation and desire between us during the week.' When Macettare started to feel left out — the two couples decided to split all of their time equally, and that's how the idea of the 'sex calendar' came to be. 'In the beginning, Jennifer was spending a lot of time with Bruno, and I felt like we were losing our private connection,' Macettare explained. 'That's when we came up with the sex schedule, so everyone could stay organized and things could feel more balanced.' She said the idea helped improve their communication and sex life. Sometimes, each of the couples will leave the house to stay at a motel or even rent a home to have their alone time. 'When all four of us are home, we split into separate rooms,' Macettare said. This group isn't the only ones who schedule sex — an Upper West Side couple, Jay and Sofia Lyons, also admitted to doing this and loving it. 'It's made our relationship one million times better,' Jay, an Emmy-winning director and producer, told The Post. 'It's the glue that keeps your marriage close — it's very difficult to have a bad marriage when you're regularly having sex.' The duo has been marking their calendars for some hanky panky shortly after they got married and had two kids in the 1990s. 'It makes your spouse feel appreciated and special,' said Sofia, a professional singer.
The Sun
20-05-2025
- General
- The Sun
I'm married with kids but my husband has a girlfriend & I have a boyfriend – to stop jealous fights we schedule sex
A polyamorous couple who each have a second partner outside of the marriage have revealed they've had to draw up a sex schedule. Bruno Cordisc and Kel Macettare met as teenagers and have been together for nearly two decades. 11 11 11 Over time, they experimented with opening up their relationship to new partners. And then they each met someone new. Bruno found a connection with Jennifer Faria and Kel started up a romance with Diego Machado. Now the four have built an arrangement together based on respect, communication, and clear agreements. With four adults under one roof, as well as two teenage children - Henry, 19, and 13-year-old Hector - the family has found an unusual but effective way to manage household life. A chart has been stuck to the fridge that outlines daily chores. And an adults-only schedule plans the four adults' intimate encounters. From Monday to Friday, Bruno and Kel have time to focus on each other in their home. But from Friday until Sunday, Bruno and Kel take some space to focus on their other relationships. 'Kel is with Diego and I'm with Jennifer,' Bruno said. I'm raising my child with 5 parents & none are the biological father - yes it's unconventional but full of love 'Sometimes, we all enjoy time together too. 'Kel and I have an intense chemistry and we're intimate every day. 'We really miss each other and feel that strong need - it's healthy and mutual. 'Since we dedicate weekends to our other partners, it builds up the anticipation and desire between us during the week.' 11 The sex schedule came about after Kel started to feel left out due to Bruno and Jennifer spending a lot of time together in the beginning. By having things planned, the couple felt more balanced and organised. It even helped Bruno and Kel to improve aspects of their personal relationship. Kel said: 'In the beginning, Jennifer was spending a lot of time with Bruno, and I felt like we were losing our private connection. 'That's when we came up with the sex schedule, so everyone could stay organised and things could feel more balanced. 11 11 'It really helped improve both our communication and our sex life. 'Unexpected things can happen such as one of us might be travelling or unavailable, but it's never really a problem. 'We just adjust, find something else to do, and if it doesn't work out that's fine too - we always find a way. 'These moments don't disrupt us because everyone gets along and handles change calmly. 'Honestly, I even enjoy the time alone with Bruno - it helps keep our original relationship exciting.' All four involved in the relationship feel that having a schedule helps to keep things exciting. What is polyamory? Polyamory is the practice of having romantic relationships with more than one person at the same time, with the knowledge and consent of all parties. It can refer to relationships where one person has multiple partners or spouses, or where all parties are in a relationship with each other, for example in a throuple. According to You Gov, 6.8% of people in the UK have been in a polyamorous relationship. The family, who live in Florianópolis, Brazil, sometimes go to motels or rent a home to have privacy in their different couples. And when all four of them are in the house, they split off into separate rooms. In their couples, they are never too physical in front of each other as they consider it to be rude. Kel said: 'When we want more freedom to try something different, we go to a motel or rent a house to throw a small party. 'When all four of us are home, we split into separate rooms. 'I stay with Diego, and Bruno stays with Jennifer. 'We're also careful not to be too physical in front of others. 'We think it's rude to be making out or doing anything intimate when people are around.'
Hamilton Spectator
27-04-2025
- Climate
- Hamilton Spectator
Climate Disaster Project: ‘Everyone thought they were going to die'
By Diego Machado & Jenna Spencer Diego is a fourth-year journalism student who has lived in Kamloops for just short of twenty years. Inspired by the late chef Anthony Bourdain, who travelled the world documenting other cultures through food, Diego wants to spend the rest of his life travelling the world, hearing other people's stories and writing about them. Diego also uses film photography to express himself, having worked with the medium for the past seven or eight years. At the time of the 2021 Juniper Ridge fire, Diego was living with a friend in an apartment in Sahali and working long hours at the Kamloops Airport. It was a pretty dry summer. It was one of those summers where you could feel exactly how dry it was in the air. It was quite smoky. It was thick, strong, and permeated everything. The smoke didn't really move around, it just sat in the valley for months. At the time, I was working at the Kamloops Airport so I was outside quite a bit. The airport's tarmac, pavement, concrete, it all gets really hot. Generally, on clear days, it's about twenty degrees hotter than the air temperature because it sits in the sun all day. It gets pretty draining and I was always tired and a little bit out of it. I kind of just accepted that between work, the weather, and the smoke, that it was not a summer for me to enjoy. Every day was just another day. Every month was another month. We were still in lockdown so everyone was just waiting for something to happen. That's how I ended up sitting on my deck watching the storm at the apartment in Sahali that I shared with my friend. It was Canada Day, 2021. I got off work at about 2:30 p.m. and was looking forward to relaxing for the rest of the day. It started raining so I decided to sit and watch the rain, watch the lightning, just listen to it. I grew up in Vancouver and rain can be grounding and helpful in centering yourself. Kind of like getting in sync with the universe. I remember that the rain was loud. Big, heavy raindrops were just battering everything they could possibly reach. I sat out there watching it for about an hour before the lightning started getting quite bad and frequent. Just a barrage of lightning every ten to fifteen seconds, constantly beating down. There was a bit of a gap where there was almost no lightning strikes at all, and then there was one really big one. Something about it clicked within my head. It's like my intuition knew exactly where that lightning hit. The first thing I did was call my brother to see if they had seen it. He told me that it struck thirty or fourty metres from our backyard, and everything around it caught fire immediately. We live right at the bottom of the neighbourhood, right against a big parkland, which gets quite dry. The real desert part of the desert. My brother and my mom were packing up our stuff. My dad went out and set up a bunch of sprinklers to make sure everything was wet while they waited for the fire department to show up. Everybody in the neighbourhood saw the fire. The fire was called in to emergency services quickly. I didn't expect it to get as bad as it did, even though it was dry, and things were bound to spread. Everybody in our neighbourhood was told to evacuate with no warning or notice. Just leave. Everyone thought they were going to die and felt like they were stuck. I immediately decided to have my family come to my apartment based on the phone call with my mom and brother. There didn't seem to be any better option at that point as they would've been sitting in a parking lot with everyone else from the neighbourhood waiting to hear about the state of the fire and when they'd be able to return. After ending the phone call with my brother, I called my roommate and let him know the whole Juniper Ridge neighbourhood was being evacuated. My parents, my brother, our cat, and all of our stuff were going to be there when he got home from work. They were going to stay with me until they were allowed to go back. There was next-to-nothing about the fire on the news or social media until my family arrived at my apartment. The fire was hanging over everyone's heads, creating an unnerving state of unknowing which was definitely difficult. My family finally got to my apartment around seven or eight that night. We only have one road in and one road out of Juniper so the highway was completely congested and it took about an hour, or an hour and a half, for them to arrive. It was a stressful night for me as I had worked overtime that day and was supposed to be working again the next morning at 4:45 a.m. No one slept. We stayed up anxiously waiting for any updates. My family ended up staying with me for about seven hours before they were allowed to return home, at about 3 a.m. the next morning. I live in that Juniper Ridge house again now. It definitely changed my perspective on how to handle situations like that. We're ready to go and always prepared at the beginning of the summer just in case it happens again. We pack not just a go-bag with things we'd actually need, but stuff that we actually want to make sure we're keeping. The things that I care about the most that are valuable in a lot of different ways, but mostly valuable to me. My books, comic books, my laptop, cameras, all of my film negatives, my extra equipment if I have room for it, clothes. Probably not all the things I'd need, but things that I wouldn't be happy if I lost. That was definitely something we changed. I think preparing helps me feel ready to deal with anything that would come. But the possibility of it happening doesn't give me good feelings. It definitely doesn't feel good to prepare in the anticipation of something that you don't know whether or not it'll happen. I don't think I can see the fires in any positive way. At this point, it's just part of the routine in Kamloops. I don't think it's going to change anytime soon. You can't stop a wildfire by yourself. I hope people become more aware of how quickly fires can become a threat, how fast they move, and how quickly they'll destroy everything in their path. I think it's really important that people know how to handle those situations when they come. Being prepared, knowing where to report a fire properly, making sure you're aware of the things that cause fires so you're not contributing to it. Just in case. I think there's a lot that could be done about climate change that would make massive differences. Tangible efforts really need to be made. Every person has a carbon footprint. Every person should be doing their part, making sure we don't destroy our planet. Every time I meet somebody who feels the same way as I do, or even as strongly as I do, it is really encouraging that things might start changing. As for whether or not things will start changing anytime soon, who knows. This story is a part of a series created by Thompson Rivers University students and led by instructor Jennifer Chrumka as part of the Climate Disaster Project.
