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- From: marcia@netcom.com (Marcia)
- Subject: Re: Polyamory again (was Re: last night...)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.211329.10810@netcom.com>
- Organization: The Dolphin Conspiracy, Phase II
- References: <1993Jan25.183931.20896@netcom.com>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 21:13:29 GMT
- Lines: 43
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- In article <1993Jan25.183931.20896@netcom.com> noring@netcom.com (Jon Noring) writes:
- >Wouldn't life be a whole lot easier if polyamory was accepted as a lifestyle
- >option in our culture?
-
- Well, yes and no. Yes, for the polyamorists, but no, because it would be just
- one more thing that would have to be negotiated at the beginning of a
- relationship, and it's pretty apparent that we as a society aren't very good
- about honestly talking about these types of things.
-
- >I will never
- >put the requirement of monogamy on my romantic partners - trying to restrict
- >another person on the matters of love is *not true love*.
-
- I am a monogamist; I will also never put the requirement of monogamy on
- anyone. I believe very deeply in the fundamental right of people to choose
- how they shall love. However, I extend that same right to myself, to choose
- monogamy simple because it is right for me. So if someone chooses polyamory,
- I will let him go, and choose someone myself who feels the same way I do.
-
- However, I want to know this up front - no lying about being monogamous when
- the person has no intention of doing so. And no lying from someone who is
- basically monogamous that their partner's being polyamorous is "all right"
- when s/he really doesn't feel that way.
-
- >It can never deep
- >down lead to any kind of trust - it is an inherently untrustworthy act to
- >demand monogamy - do you want to build a close relationship on such a
- >foundation?
-
- I disagree rather strongly. Trust is what you make of it. It is inherently
- untrustworthy to lie about your feelings *either way* to make someone stay
- with you. Demanding either polyamory or monogamy is equally wrong.
-
- The question is more: do you want to build a close relationship where the
- person is lying about their preferences in order to keep you?
-
- And before I get the usual flames about "you're just a monogamist because
- you're programmed to be one", let me say for now that it was a rational,
- conscious decision for me. Maybe someday I'll go into it all.
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