My Grandparents would be very freaked out to know that they were polyamorous through their fifty-some years of marriage.
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Trudy Booth - Nov 02, 2007 8:15:54 am PDT #2118 of 10002
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
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
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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.
Trudy Booth - Nov 02, 2007 8:41:22 am PDT #2125 of 10002
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Whether or not whatever combination of people are actively "doing it" the relationships have an element of sexuality. Dating over the age of 12 or so just does.
If it doesn't, its really more like frienship, which certainly involves love
(which is what I meant vis-a-vis my grandparents as they loved lots of people but had no relationships that were in any way sexual or potentially sexual with other people).
Daisy Jane - Nov 02, 2007 8:42:04 am PDT #2126 of 10002
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
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.
Yeah. That's why I used the simplest number and situation I could think of. I would think everyone would have to know and approve.
Daisy Jane - Nov 02, 2007 8:43:05 am PDT #2127 of 10002
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
But sexuality isn't sex. One is an act the other isn't.