Flagpole wrote:
dan sandwich wrote:
You act like this requires a response from you.
Good response. Yeah, who gives a f*ck?
Except if it was a family of atheists, and these same people mentioned by the OP announced to everyone that they had become Christians, your response would be very negative and demeaning. You and your woke folks have shown their hand.Go ahead with the but, but, but ...
bfef wrote:
Polyamorous people always say is that it's all about communication. And in a way it's true. Polyamory is mostly talk. These people never shut up! I have known a few openly polyamorous people and one thing they seem to have in common is they are annoying and talk too much.
So....
Multiple women with PMS, and some lame dude- all of whom want to talk with you constantly about their "feelings."
Good times!!!
I think a lot of the whole polyamory thing is really just a way to reject the responsibility that comes with a committed relationship without sounding like a swinger. There are plenty of people in this world who for whatever reason go through a lot of different relationships throughout their adult life. If you reject a binary world of married/single, you are free to form whatever relationships you want without the ramifications of marriage, divorce, etc.
What the hell??
Haters gonna hate wrote:
I'm in my 40's and have been married over 20 years. I am in a poly relationship.
This was a good, informative read. Thanks for sharing. I personally don't think I could do this but I absolutely understand the reasoning behind it.
My last relationship, we lightly explored non-monogamy but didn't push it very far. As another poster said, there are varying levels of non-monogamy; polyamory seems to require two VERY strong and mature adults with great communication skills. Not sure this is me.
Dwightarm wrote:
Haters gonna hate wrote:
I'm in my 40's and have been married over 20 years. I am in a poly relationship.
This was a good, informative read. Thanks for sharing. I personally don't think I could do this but I absolutely understand the reasoning behind it.
My last relationship, we lightly explored non-monogamy but didn't push it very far. As another poster said, there are varying levels of non-monogamy; polyamory seems to require two VERY strong and mature adults with great communication skills. Not sure this is me.
I appreciated the poly perspective as well as its similar to my story. Spouse and I have been happy together for a very long time and each started casually dating others . Everyone involved is aware of the situation and clear. Our difference from the OPS story is we don't share this info with close friends or family because of the judgements. People love to claim these things never work out but thats because they only hear the ones who do it for attention or self validation. Ours has been working well for years.
OP why do you care? Whats keeping you from being happy for them?
fylds wrote:
Dwightarm wrote:
This was a good, informative read. Thanks for sharing. I personally don't think I could do this but I absolutely understand the reasoning behind it.
My last relationship, we lightly explored non-monogamy but didn't push it very far. As another poster said, there are varying levels of non-monogamy; polyamory seems to require two VERY strong and mature adults with great communication skills. Not sure this is me.
I appreciated the poly perspective as well as its similar to my story. Spouse and I have been happy together for a very long time and each started casually dating others . Everyone involved is aware of the situation and clear. Our difference from the OPS story is we don't share this info with close friends or family because of the judgements. People love to claim these things never work out but thats because they only hear the ones who do it for attention or self validation. Ours has been working well for years.
OP why do you care? Whats keeping you from being happy for them?
This person already struggles with depression and self worth. I just feel like this opens the possibility for getting hurt a whole lot more.
Murdock wrote:
Simple, in 2020 America it’s all about “living your best life” and people see little value to commitment, loyalty, or ACTUAL care for others. Virtue signaling is all that really matters. There’s no room for self-control in modern times. Just do whatever you want, however you want, whenever you want. Except not wearing a mask, then you’re the worst human alive.
Reread this and ask yourself if it makes a coherent argument.