On Jul 21, 8:09=A0pm, Serene Vannoy <ser...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> nipolycouple wrote:
> > On Jul 21, 5:01 pm, Serene Vannoy <ser...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >> ana...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> >>> Hi to everyone.
> >> Hi, rii. Welcome to alt.poly!
>
> >> Serene
>
> >> --
> >> "I think I have an umami receptor that has developed sentience." --
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> > Hi Serene,
>
> > So are you in a poly relation****p with more than one person now and
> > can you tell us a little about it?
>
> I am, as are many (but certainly not all) of the other folks here.
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> always been poly (even before I had a word for it), and have never been
> in a monogamous relation****p, though I've had some relation****ps that
> had de-facto monogamous periods. That didn't go well for me.
>
> One of my partners (Guy) posts here. He's very wonderful. His other
> partner (Carol) is my very good friend, and they've been together for
> almost twenty-six years. =A0Carol and her other partner have been
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> something like a dozen years. =A0The partner I live with (James) has
been
> married for sixteen years, and his wife (Carin) used to be my wife, too.
> =A0 We're all happily polyamorous, and the six of us are family to each
> other, and I hope we always are.
>
> If there are any specific questions you have, folks here will be happy
> to answer them. =A0Every now and then, someone will be picky or prickly;
> try not to take it personally. I've found that giving people free rein
> to poke holes in my words and ideas here has made me better at thinking,
> and at articulating my thoughts.
>
> Serene
> --
> "I think I have an umami receptor that has developed sentience." -- Stef
That sounds really cool. Thanks for telling me that it can work.
We were told all through our lives that you had to be monogomous and
it really never made sence. There are billions of people out there
and you are only allowed to love one?


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