Okay, how many of you suckers really, really think I’m going to do a post about that? What I am going to do is explain a bit about why there isn’t, nor will there ever be, a Misanthrope article analyzing OLQ’s breakup1. The first is merely the tacky factor. I have a strong distaste, shared…
Category: The Polyamory Community
Meaningless Sex
Sex is only meaningful when you’re into having a long-term, committed relationship, right? It’s what polyamory is about, right? Committed relationships. We frown on people who “just have sex”. That, my dears, is so much horse elbows. First of all, there’s no such thing as “just sex”. That’s a lie adulterers try to tell to…
Woo! Hoo! An Interview!
Bryghteyez and Michael are a poly couple I’ve known for some years on the PolyFamilies list, as well as working with them on a couple of PolyFamilies CampCons. They graciously consented to be interviewed about their marriage and relationships. 1. How old were you both when you met? Michael: Lesse, it was the spring of…
I’m okay, you suck
As is often the case, I had my cranky pants on during an Internet discussion and started ranting about how fringe groups often like to get self-congratulatory about what better people they are. This ain’t a polyamorous phenomenon, mind. As far as I can tell, it’s part of the Human Experience. It does drive me…
Ducks in a Row
Poly people out there, do you have your legal ducks in a row? Most of these things are legal documents that anyone, poly or not, should have in order. Thing is, because polyamorous situations can muddy legal waters, it’s important to have your wishes clear. Not all of the documents will apply to all poly…
Journey of Self-Discovery
If I see one more person act like being poly is a journey of self-discovery (as if that’s what makes poly valuable) I may vomit — Or at least make myself a stiff martini as anesthesia. That martini becomes a double if it sneers at monogamous people for not doing it. No, better yet, go…
Support System
A problem I’ve noticed in my own life, as well as lives of many other poly people is a lack of social support. I don’t mean that your mother doesn’t like and understand that you’re poly, though that is something of a symptom. What I mean is that the social context where people often expect…
Be a Credit to Your Kink
I got quite a compliment many years ago from a member of the mailing list generated by the Polyfamilies site. Basically, the lady had never really intended to be a stay at home mom, or do the housewife thing. She found it too pedestrian and far too conformist and as a result, was having a…
Just Swinging
Originally published on http://www.polyfamilies.com/misanthrope20050205.html Yet again, Mama Java, she’s had it up to her eyeballs! I’m tired of seeing this: Well, Mr. I’m Searching for a Hot Bi Babe, that’s nice you want to get laid and all, but we’re about polyamory. What you’re talking about is just swinging! What the hell is it with…
The Holiday Spirit
Originally published at http://www.polyfamilies.com/misanthrope20041225.html Well, honestly? I think a lot of people who complain about not having any holiday spirit do so because they don’t feel that they’re festive enough, rather than accepting whatever level of festiveness they happen to feel at the moment. I mean, you’re not going to feel wonderful just because it…