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Friday, January 2nd, 2009
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Next meeting of the meetup group (see http://polyamory.meetup.com/28/ for details) is next Tuesday, at Penderel's Oak, Holborn (http://www.jdwetherspoon.co.uk/pubs/pub-details.php?PubNumber=506)
The manager was kind enough to reserve space for us at the back of the bar. If you need any encouragement to attend, I think the numbers will probably be a bit on the low side this month and we could really do with anyone who can turning up. Otherwise I may not be able to reserve space for us for next month.
Look for the parrot! And smile, or say hello, or something - I'm not psychic! ;-)
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Monday, September 1st, 2008
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London Polyamory Meetup Group meets on Tuesday 6th May at The Blues Posts on Newman Street, off Oxford St. in the upstairs bar.
People foregather any time after six and you can stay until pub closing time if you wish. There's no need to arrive at any particular time, just drop in and stay as long as you like. Food is available if you arrive early enough - the kitchen often closes at eight so if you want a meal it's best to arrive before that.
I'll have to print out a picture of a parrot this time as one of my beloveds managed to leave our Polly Parrot on the train on the way home last month!
We've twelve Yes RSVPs and 6 Maybes at meetup.com currently so it's looking like a good turnout.
Hope to see some of you there.
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Sunday, November 18th, 2007
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Every time I shop for cards, whether it's birthday, anniversary, winter holidays or valentines day etc, I always get annoyed at how monogamy is ingrained into our society.
Does anyone know of any stores (preferably online) that cater to alternative lifestyles such as polyamory/polygamy? I hate buying cards that say 'you're the only one I'll ever love' and 'you're all I'll ever need' etc, because I don't feel that way! And it's amazingly hard to find a nice card that doesn't say a similar sentiment. Those that don't are bland and not very romantic.
If there isn't a company like this, someone should start one! :-P
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Monday, October 29th, 2007
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A while ago, I posted that Mel Fallowfield, a contributing editor for a UK women's magazine, interviewed me and my wives ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) kyeli_unlikely and wyndhover, and wrote an article about us. I'm posting again because we've finally got the original text of the article up. You can read it here. (:
(Crossposted all over the place.)
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Saturday, September 15th, 2007
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It occurs to me that Polyday has not been advertised here. See http://www.polyday.org.uk/ for details of this one day event happening in London next Saturday, 22nd September. Lots of good people, interesting discussions, social networking etc etc - don't know yet if we will all be there, but hope to go along myself.
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Friday, September 14th, 2007
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nitoda asked me to repost this here, since it's about as on-topic as is possible. (;
Mel Fallowfield, a contributing editor for Closer Magazine, interviewed me and my wives kyeli_unlikely and wyndhover, and wrote an article about us that was just published in this week's issue of Closer. If you read the article, please leave a comment and let us know what you think! She read us the copy over the phone and it sounded really good. (:
(Crossposted all over the place.)
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Thursday, August 2nd, 2007
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I'm starting a new job on Monday. It's in the NHS in the UK (National Health service). Once I get to know people, I am okay with being out as bi.
But I am not sure as to what extent I should reveal my poly status. Part of me is still rebellious, and wants to be very upfront and honest about it. Plus I'd hate to think I could meet people who I like, and not be able to get closer to them because of the not being out as poly thing.
However, the NHS is very closely linked to Social Services. Basically, I am very worried about bumping into any old fashioned types who think that being polyamorous means I am not a good parent. For the record, I am a GREAT mum and all of my friends and family think so. I've heard so many dreadful stories about this kind of problem, but mostly in the US. I don't know how UK social services are with poly families.
So...advice/tips/experiences/answers needed. How out are you about being poly at work? Have you ever had any 'problems' with social services because of your poly status? UK specific examples would be excellent, but all comments/suggestions/advice/tips welcome.
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The date for the next Polyday has been announced:
Saturday, September 22, 2007
It will be in London.
I'm not organising this one - good people are.
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Tuesday, September 5th, 2006
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Hi - there was a London Poly Meetup group which was running at the same time as the Bisexual Underground meetings that are held on the second Tuesday of the month. This wasn't working, so we've changed the date of the Poly Meetup group so that it meets on the First Tuesday of each month. We are trying out The Blue Posts on Newman Street, just off Oxford Street (nearer Tottenham Court Road end). This is an upstairs venue and not wheelchair friendly, but it does sell reasonably priced food and it is quiet so that conversations can be held in comfort. It works well for the Bisexual Underground meetings.
The main website that this event is advertised on is at http://polyamory.meetup.com/28/events/5046263/ This site carries details of which members are attending and also has a map.
I've also advertised it on the uk-poly mailing list and it seemed a good idea to mention it here too.
Any questions, please comment and I will try to answer them.
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Polyday http://www.polyday.org.uk/
A one-day event for everyone who knows that happy and honest
relationships don't have to be monogamous, Polyday combines a day
of discussions and an evening of dancing to give you a chance to
meet other polyamorous people, to build our community and to
experience its diversity
When: Saturday 14 October 2006, from 10:30am. Discussion sessions
will run until 6:45pm, with a disco in the evening from 8pm to
midnight.
Where: Doggett's Coat and Badge, a large pub at the southern end of
Blackfriars Bridge, London SE1 9UD. Nearest Tube: Blackfriars.
How much: 10 pounds for waged people and 5 pounds for unwaged.
There are no advance bookings; simply turn up and pay on the day.
See the website for more details as they get released.
See lots of you there I hope! Having ran the last one I'm looking
forward to participating in this one more.
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Hi group. I was wondering if anyone had any advice for seeking out at triad relationship?
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LONDON POLY EVENT HELD AT BIFEST!
When starting advertising for next upcoming Poly Event Sat 14 May I was offered by Kate (known as Katyha on LiveJournal) to hold our meeting in conjunction with BiFest.
Not the one to turn a good opportunity down I quickly agreeded :-)
Thought it would be great news for people to be able to attend both events under same roof
;-)
We have been offered the library/games room, which holds about 20-25 people. From 6.30-7.30pm it would be the official London Poly Event room, so we can meet up there.
After that the room have to revert to being a games room as well - giving us the option to either spread out and mingle with all the others or grab a table somewhere to continue our chat. Afterall, there are four rooms at BiFest, plus a roof terrace, so there should be plenty of room for everyone.
So the new time and date for the Poly Event would be:
Saturday 14 May 6.30 - 7.30pm at Library/Games Room at LARC
62 Fieldgate Street, Whitechapel, London E1 1ES
Please note that BiFest opens from 1pm and will be holding various disscussion sessions as well as a party in the evening. One workshop worth mentioning will be covering poly and goth as Subcultures.
Subcultures (e g poly, goth) workshop:
4.30pm in the Basement at LARC
If you wish to find out more about BiFest visit their website on www.bifest.org
The venue is non smoking (except for the roof terrace) and has got wheelchair access. Recommended donation £5 or £10.
Look forward seeing you there!
Best wishes, Janna (also known as littleangel33 on Live Journal).
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Hi everyone!
Janna, Phil and Shehina are inviting all fellow polys (experienced as well as inexperienced) to our next London Poly Event. So far we have had 2 meetings where people could meet and greet each other over a cup of tea, coffee or glass of wine (the latter has a corcage fee of 5 pounds per bottle). Those have been friendly meetups and our plan is to continue to hold them on 2nd Sat of each Month thus making it into a continuous, regular event.
Unfortunately we cannot accommodate any children due to the location chosen. Those who would like to enable parents to come with children, please let us know so we can perhaps accommodate this in the future.
Next event will take place on Sat 14 May from 7pm onwards at a cafe in Central London.
If you're interested please email: poly_event@hotmail.co.uk
You are also welcome to bring friends along, just let us know how many of you are coming so we can roughly estimate the numbers.
I look forward seeing you all :-)
Best wishes, Janna
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Tuesday, March 22nd, 2005
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Hi everybody!
I'm littleangel33 and am one of the organisers for our Poly meeting in Central London, Britain.
We had our first little gathering a week ago which went really well, so we decided to run another one and to invite more people to come along!
So if you're UK based (or on visit to London) feel free to come. If you have friends and/or partners who would be interested - you're welcome to bring them along. It's going to be a social gathering in a cafe or similar.
DATE: Saturday 16 April, 7pm
If you're interested, please post a reply to:
poly_event@hotmail.co.uk
In order to run things smoothly we would need to ask 4 things of you:
1) Please let us know if you would like to come
along at least one week before the event (so that we can arrange a booking with the venue).
2) If the numbers are not too great, we won't have to book the entire place, and there will be no booking fee. If we reach huge numbers, we may have to book, meaning that we'll be asking a modest sum for booking the venue.
3) If you want to bring friends and partners along, let us know how many of you would be coming. Again just so we can estimate the numbers in total.
4) Please note that we are only able to give out the address of location once we have your confirmation.
All the best! Janna
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Hi everybody!
I'm littleangel33 and am one of the organisers for our Poly meeting in Central London, Britain.
We had our first little gathering a week ago which went really well, so we decided to run another one and to invite more people to come along!
So if you're UK based (or on visit to London) feel free to come. If you have friends and/or partners who would be interested - you're welcome to bring them along. It's going to be a social gathering in a cafe or similar.
DATE: Saturday 16 April, 7pm
If you're interested, please post a reply to:
poly_event@hotmail.co.uk
In order to run things smoothly we would need to ask 4 things of you:
1) Please let us know if you would like to come
along at least one week before the event (so that we can arrange a booking with the venue).
2) If the numbers are not too great, we won't have to book the entire place, and there will be no booking fee. If we reach huge numbers, we may have to book, meaning that we'll be asking a modest sum for booking the venue.
3) If you want to bring friends and partners along, let us know how many of you would be coming. Again just so we can estimate the numbers in total.
4) Please note that we are only able to give out the address of location once we have your confirmation.
All the best! Janna
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Monday, September 13th, 2004
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..well hey there folks. I notice the last two people to comment here were earwigmc and cujosmurf - back in June! And nobody (not even I) responded... I must have been preparing for my triad handfasting in June and missed it on a skip100+ (I have a personal rule which means I don't have to read LJ 24/7: if it's pre skip100 tough, I give up, I missed it lol).
Soooo... how's folk finding their poly situation nowadays? We're happier than ever since the handfasting, it was magical. In fact here I'll share it: the handfasting page on our family website ..see? Magical. ~grin~
We all have our ups and downs... and who knows but right now one of our membership needs a little community support from those who've been there, done that, are living it now.
Speak up all, if you've a question, query, moan whinge or squee, share it... let's see if we can get this set of like minded individuals talking!
Kat (moderatrix extraordinaire.. not!)
x
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hi hi, yes, still here *smile*
where's here currently? i'm in london and my girlfriends are in essex.
i'm part of a triad that's a little over one year old. we have intentions and aspirations to form an equilateral triangle, and we work on that, 'though we are still quite skewed. i am the third joining an existing two.
coincidentally enough a lot of stuff 'came to a head' for me just a few weeks back, and the resolution of said stuff has resulted in a stronger situation and perhaps a more defined movement along our way/path *smile*
perhaps the biggest aspect our current movement involves plans to cohabit.
we're not poly-fi (i just re-read the group info) though we afford 'primacy' to our triad.
*smiles in the general direction*
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