A mistress is usually a woman in term for those days. But as in these days as things are men can be a woman's mistress also! Fair enough a MISTERess best as a open kind of thing Ployamory or whatever you call it! I been a boy toy two times in my life and almost was a kept man. I took off a semester from college to go out with her and she told me I was going to be her toy boy but I am in college and not a boy, so she is going to call me a play buddy because I wasn't a boy, just letting me know! Yes she gave me $300 but that was so I could be on her level being I was a college kid at the time broke like she was not paying all of my living expenses but she did pay for my next semester in college in her way to let me go. My future was calling me back!
I liked to be called play buddy or toy boy because it let me know I was hers a warm feeling people need like in love and belongingness and so life is too short to not to. (Maslow's belongingness and love needs are the psychological needs for interpersonal relationships, love.)
Would like to put it as termed ~~~~A MISTERess or kept man is a male who is in a relatively long-term sexual and romantic relationship with someone who is married to a different person. Or toy boy, play buddy whats in a name just know it's ok to be than not and it's best to be open about things!
~~~~A mistress is usually in a long-term good relationship with a person who is married to someone else and is often referred to as "the other woman". Generally, the relationship is stable and at least semi-permanent, but the couple do not live together openly. The relationship is often, but not always, secret. There is often also the implication that the mistress is sometimes "kept" – i.e., her lover is paying all or some of her living expenses. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistress_(lover)
~~~~Polyamorous relationships are ENM at their core, meaning they are fundamentally based on consent from all people involved. So, much like in a monogamous relationship, poly relationships come with set expectations and boundaries – just not the same ones. https://www.attachmentproject.com/enm/polyamory
