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30th-Jun-2008 07:30 am - Who Do You Love Best
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A good friend of mine and I were discussing the new Dr. Who series and some of the socio-political issues, when we had an interesting and rather telling conversation. Now, we’re both poly. That becomes important to the conversation.

I asked, “So, which Doctor do you like better, nine or ten?”

“Both,” he replied. “Each is different.”

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23rd-Jun-2008 07:55 am - New Misanthrope Column
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There’s been a few discussions going around various polyamory communities talking about relationship rules, tastes in physiques, and a lot of other things.

Part of the discussion will invariably involve why some standard or another is wrong. When you dig a little deeper, it is often because that particular person doesn’t meet said standard.

I have an answer to that.

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21st-Apr-2008 06:36 am - New Misanthrope Column: Experience and Variety in Poly Parenting
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Even though I’m not a parent in a group marriage any more, I still co-parent with my ex-spice.

On a trip to visit my family in Virginia, I was discussing child-rearing with my own parents and we were talking about the different experiences my kids had[1] as a result of being reared by four people. My parents asked what the kids did with the various parents and I told them of SCA events they’d be taken to, hikes they went on, museums they liked, and oh… anything you’d take a kid to do. My parents comment that the kids were lucky that all their parents were willing to share their diverse tastes with the kids.

In fact, I’m writing this on a train.

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24th-Mar-2008 07:56 am - Re-Run: If It Ain't About Love
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It’s been a busy week and I have the flu, so this is a re-run of a personal fave.

Peeve time, and this is a big one.

I get sucked into drama really easily. I’m an intense person and all the gods know that I am a sucker for almost any type of intensity - good and bad.

A personal Poly Drama got me talking to one of my spice recently. As we were talking, he sighed and said, “I don’t really consider myself poly.”

At this point, I looked at him like he had three heads. I mean, he lives in a group marriage, for goodness sake!

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10th-Mar-2008 07:36 pm - Drinking game
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Back about a year ago, when I rejoined the PolyFamilies Community, I was still working in an office and had some slack time. Being bored, I proposed creating a PolyFamilies drinking game based on some common things that happened on the particular list. Some of ‘em are peculiar to the PolyFamilies “subculture”, and some are very much common to Polyamory online discussion groups in general.  My apologies for a post that’s insular to one small group, but they begged and pleaded.  With tears even.  Honest.

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10th-Mar-2008 07:24 am - New Misanthrope Column: The PolyFamilies Drinking Game
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Back about a year ago, when I rejoined the PolyFamilies Community, I was still working in an office and had some slack time. Being bored, I proposed creating a PolyFamilies drinking game based on some common things that happened on the particular list. Some of ‘em are peculiar to the PolyFamilies “subculture”, and some are very much common to Polyamory online discussion groups in general.  My apologies for a post that’s insular to one small group, but they begged and pleaded.  With tears even.  Honest.

On to the Game?
3rd-Mar-2008 07:01 am - The Final Word on Polyamory
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A lot of people think that there’s some definition of polyamory that’s the final word on the subject. I’d like to address that a little. Technically, this article should be about three words long:

“There isn’t one.”

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25th-Feb-2008 07:00 am - When You Catch the Unicorn
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For all that I often make cracks about couples looking for that bi-chick to move in with them for lives of Perfect Poly Bliss, sometimes you really do find someone who might really want to form a family with a couple.

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18th-Feb-2008 07:13 am - New Polyamorous Misanthrope Column: Presumption
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“You like coffee! I like coffee, too! We must be soul mates and spend all of our time together!” — A wise online friend with whom I really oughta make a coffee date.

I’ve noticed among the various online perverts a certain tendency. If we’re sexual deviants, it’s not unusual to expect that to come along with a sheaf of assumptions about other similarities.

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4th-Feb-2008 06:55 am - Feelings Aren't Facts
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I follow my intuition, go with my gut, all that. The times I haven’t? Well, things didn’t exactly have what I would call an optimum outcome.

Does this mean I think, “Well, I feel this way, so it must be true!” is the way to go.

Not. Even. Close.

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