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How can anyone live a polymorous relationship?

Should all polymorous lifestyles be made illegal in America.

16% (3)

Or no please leave it as it is.

72% (13)

Or sorry i don't know.

11% (2)

Total Votes : 18

(last vote on : 3/5/2007 6:47:31 PM)
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RE: How can anyone live a polymorous relationship? - 3/5/2007 12:55:27 PM

LDRandAstarte

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ORIGINAL: SilverShadows

Well said singsomelyrical. I didn't answer the survey because of it's bias. I'm not even sure what the poster means by illegal. We also have all kind of silly co-habitation laws.

Is poly legal in the US? If so it will be news to most people. Does the UK actually have a law which says "Polyamoury is illegal?" I don't know and I don't trust the word of the poster.

I would assume that the original poster is confusing Polyamoury with Polygamy. Polygamy is illegal, I assume, in both countries. However, I do not think that either country has made the stupid attempt to outlaw Polyamoury which is having more than one loving, intimate relationship at a time with the full knowledge and consent of everyone involved.

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RE: How can anyone live a polymorous relationship? - 3/5/2007 2:02:42 PM

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ORIGINAL: seekstofasn8adom

As i'd be so jealous having to share my partner with someonelse.I don't know how anyone can do this i really don't thankgod it's illegal in England.But i hear it has quite a cult following in the good old USA.Which seems utterly crazy to me but what do you think?

It's illegal in the UK to have a relationship with more than one person?
I know bigamy is illegal - marrying more than one but i dont think just a relationship is.

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RE: How can anyone live a polymorous relationship? - 3/5/2007 2:44:58 PM

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As we grow up we're taught to love each other - or at least respect each other.

I'm taught I can love both of my parents, my grandparents, my aunts and uncles, my sister and still have room in my heart to love people I call "friends".

But the moment I start looking at others as romantic possibilities I'm told that, like in Highlander, there can be only one! And I asked myself... Why? If I can love both mom, dad, my sister and numerous others... why do I have to limit myself in this regard?

Will there be jealousy issues? Possibly.

But aren't there in any relationship? People talk about being "a mama's boy" or "daddy's girl". Does that mean that they love one parent more than the other? Do you think the other parent gets jealous? Not if they're secure individuals, I'd guess.

And that's what it all comes down to. Poly works if the people involved communicate and stay on top of shifting feelings. Will everyone involved always be one hundred percent content? No. Hormones, issues, misunderstandings and a whole host of other things may and can crop up. That just means it's time for another family discussion to see if the issues can't be resolved. And, like with just about any infection, it's better to get things healed quickly. The longer something sits and festers the deeper a wound or divide it will create.

Communication, as we've all no doubt heard before, is key. Understanding and patience are right behind communication in this marathon.

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