Sure, but sex is what makes it polyamory.
no. It's not. Love is what makes it polyamory. Lots of people have sex without love. I have known celibate poly folk.
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Laga - Nov 02, 2007 8:13:53 am PDT #2115 of 10002
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Daisy Jane - Nov 02, 2007 8:15:02 am PDT #2116 of 10002
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Sure, but sex is what makes it polyamory.
Sex isn't the defining factor of the relationships themselves, but sex is what makes the other relationships not monogamy.
I don't see it that way. When I think of polyamory I think of three or more adults in a functioning relationship-whether or not they are currently having sex.
When I think of swingers, I think of at least one functioning relationship that includes sex with each other and other people/couples.
WindSparrow - Nov 02, 2007 8:15:24 am PDT #2117 of 10002
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
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Trudy Booth - Nov 02, 2007 8:15:54 am PDT #2118 of 10002
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My Grandparents would be very freaked out to know that they were polyamorous through their fifty-some years of marriage.
Daisy Jane - Nov 02, 2007 8:16:54 am PDT #2119 of 10002
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Why, were they dating someone else at the time too?
Pix - Nov 02, 2007 8:27:46 am PDT #2120 of 10002
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
I'm pretty sure Laga meant romantic love.
Also, pretty sure Toddson was speaking tongue-in-cheek.
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Steph L. - Nov 02, 2007 8:31:15 am PDT #2121 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Sure, but sex is what makes it polyamory.
Sex isn't the defining factor of the relationships themselves, but sex is what makes the other relationships not monogamy.
I don't see it that way. When I think of polyamory I think of three or more adults in a functioning relationship-whether or not they are currently having sex.
Polyamory does not have to include sex.
Daisy Jane - Nov 02, 2007 8:33:50 am PDT #2122 of 10002
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
That's what I meant. If I'm dating Bob, and then I meet Jim and have a connection with Jim, that Bob on some level shares and we all agree that we are in a romantic relationship we are polyamorous whether or not I've slept with Bob or Jim or they've slept with each other.
Steph L. - Nov 02, 2007 8:37:33 am PDT #2123 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
That's what I meant. If I'm dating Bob, and then I meet Jim and have a connection with Jim, that Bob on some level shares and we all agree that we are in a romantic relationship we are polyamorous whether or not I've slept with Bob or Jim or they've slept with each other.
Or if you're dating Bob, and then you develop a relationship with Jim, while Bob develops a relationship with Lucy, that's still polyamory even if you haven't had sex with Jim and Bob hasn't had sex with Lucy.
Er, that is to say, a poly situation doesn't have to be a reciprocal one, as in DJ's example.
brenda m - Nov 02, 2007 8:40:43 am PDT #2124 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Or if you're dating Bob, and then you develop a relationship with Jim, while Bob develops a relationship with Lucy, that's still polyamory even if you haven't had sex with Jim and Bob hasn't had sex with Lucy.
I'm assuming that in this situation both you and Bob are aware of and okay with it all. Because otherwise I'd call that something else.