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Laputa
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Posted: 08/25/07 at 11:11 PM
Well it is good that you talked about it and both parties are okay with it. I prefer poly but am okay with monogamy as long as it is put out there and agreed upon at the beginning.

It is kind of like my bisexuality. I am so incredibly free-loving and people seem to be really into it at first, but then later it just seems to create more of a jealousy problem b/c now they have twice as many people to be jealous of. For once, all I really want, is for the things that the person I am dating, says at the beginning of our dating, still be true a year into the relationship. is that so much to ask?

Tiger_Wilson
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Posted: 08/26/07 at 10:03 AM

Laputa said:

It is kind of like my bisexuality. I am so incredibly free-loving and people seem to be really into it at first, but then later it just seems to create more of a jealousy problem b/c now they have twice as many people to be jealous of. For once, all I really want, is for the things that the person I am dating, says at the beginning of our dating, still be true a year into the relationship. is that so much to ask?



Actually that is a LOT to ask.......your asking someone to not change how they feel from this moment early in a relationship to late in a relationship. And THAT is near impossible......but what they can do is learn to deal with their feelings in a manner that doesn't harm or ruin the relationship. On the flip side of that if you really care about that person you will make a few changes in how you handle both your other "friends" and how you handle your partners feelings.....


Laputa
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Posted: 08/26/07 at 10:39 AM
So true. It would also help if I dated people that weren't insane.

AnxietyAttack
Orange, TX
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Posted: 08/29/07 at 08:45 AM

Someone said recently about Triads and Polyamory that 'most of them don't work out.' But most monogamous ones don't, etiher. Of course, I think that keeping three or more people sane and happy in an equal, loving environment must be difficult. But isn't everything? Isn't staying in love with one person difficult, too?


I know that personally, I feel cut off from large portions of my emotional self when I don't have an intimate female relationship. And sex is the yummy icing on the proverbial cake, but it's more of a 'filling in the corners' for me emotionally.


Luckily Uno and I went into our relationship with a lot of honesty and I've never denied or tried to subdue my love for women OR my interest in Triads. If we're lucky one day we'll get a chance to make our own mistakes.


wes
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Posted: 07/07/08 at 03:27 PM
ok, i'm going to revive this dead thread.

i'm all about listening to podcasts and while listening to one of my favorites, Escape Pod, i found out about a podcast that is all about poly relationships.

i've listened to a couple of them and i've found them to be very informative.

topics have ranged from how to flirt to dealing with jealousy to defining love and whether you can love two people at once.

i've liked listneing to them because the guests they have on are smart, and the host is a very open chickie to lsiten to.

so if you have the time check it out

http://polyweekly.com/

MissD
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Posted: 07/08/08 at 02:44 PM
Thanks for the link

rpg
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Posted: 07/09/08 at 05:57 PM
I'm too lazy to read thru the whole discussion.....what is Ethical Sluthood that was mentioned in the very first post?

Shotgun
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Posted: 07/10/08 at 11:21 AM
I am way too tired to type out an essay, but... I personally am only emotionally involved with one persaon, but if he were to open up, and am sexually interested in multiple partners... But I will NEVER cheat. Polygamy could work, but I'd be having me 12 husbands.

Beauvoir
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Posted: 07/12/08 at 06:25 AM
rpg said:

I'm too lazy to read thru the whole discussion.....what is Ethical Sluthood that was mentioned in the very first post?


Ethical sluts is just another term for people who indulge in polyamory... it means having multiple partners but being open and honest about it, and creating the rules that work for you so no-one gets hurt.

x


Tiger_Wilson
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Posted: 07/12/08 at 09:34 PM
Beauvoir said:

rpg said:

I'm too lazy to read thru the whole discussion.....what is Ethical Sluthood that was mentioned in the very first post?


Ethical sluts is just another term for people who indulge in polyamory... it means having multiple partners but being open and honest about it, and creating the rules that work for you so no-one gets hurt.

x



It is a term that was coined in a book that is widely considered to be a bible of sorts for people in Polyamorous, Polyfidelity ect type relationships, called the "Ethical Slut". It is a very good book on communication that would be useful for people in ANY kind of relationship, I highly reccommend it.

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Chixor
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Posted: 07/15/08 at 09:04 AM
I cannot applaud Cunning Minx more for her presentation sin Polyweekly.com
Now that Ive finally had a chance to listen to some of the podcasts (i have about 2 years to catch up on still) and it really has opened my eyes to who I am. I have sat listening to her and her panels talk about the Polyamory lifestyle, and can hear myself going "wow, this is exactly how I feel" it is so refreshing to find out how many people really do live this lifestyle succesfully, and healthily and are willing to share their lives and experiences with everyone.

wes
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Posted: 07/21/08 at 03:57 PM
more stuff about being poly from Minx



Dianno
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Posted: 08/25/08 at 08:01 AM
Two things that are key in any relationship, but more so in poly would be to talk and listen and have some agreed rules. After twelve years together, we're both super comfy in ourselves that we can become attached to others, but know that we are each other's rocks.

We also laugh that when we look back to our wedding day, our CoS Minister, with no promotping from us, talked about 'love each other, but not totally. Leave room to love others.' We never picked up on it on the day, but looking back now, we laugh, smile, and joke that 'we were told to do what we do.'

Nanachan
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Posted: 08/25/08 at 11:40 PM
It differs person to person, situation to situation.

I feel like polyamory is all well and good while you are still young enough to date. But sooner or later, the dating pretty much stops. Either everyone around you is married, or you just lose the will to do it. Then again I am 22 and there is no way I can know that for sure. It is only a theory.
But I feel when you have found someone who suits you in every way, then why not make the commitment?
But different things work for different people.

Tiger_Wilson
Beggs, OK
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Posted: 08/28/08 at 10:53 PM
Yeah when you hit like the ripe old age of 30......attraction to the other sex just withers and dies, and then your life pretty much comes to a complete stop.

Actually most successful poly relationships are people who have "grown up". It takes a lot more discipline and emotional maturity than MOST people have at the younger ages. Thats not to say that the younger ones never make it, just that the vast majority are in their 30's 40's. Hell the bible of Poly the Ethical Slut was written by women who are older than my mother, and I am 41.

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