{"id":579,"date":"2011-09-26T12:03:30","date_gmt":"2011-09-26T16:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.polyamorousmisanthrope.com\/?p=579"},"modified":"2011-09-26T12:03:30","modified_gmt":"2011-09-26T16:03:30","slug":"one-poly-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/polyamorousmisanthrope.com\/wordpress\/2011\/09\/26\/one-poly-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"One Poly Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had someone comment on Hobbiton<\/a> today mentioning that she wasn\u2019t seeing people with happy poly relationships talking about them, but she was seeing discussion of the unhappy ones and that she was beginning to despair, except for another poly writer<\/a> and myself.<\/p>\n

While I hadn\u2019t really considered this weekend good column fodder, it involved what good poly relationships can look like, so I figured I\u2019d do a post about it so you can see how this works.<\/p>\n

We start the weekend going to pick up my daughter.[1]<\/a>\u00a0 She and her mother had moved recently and she wanted to go to a local event in our town to be able to see some friends from her old home.\u00a0 On the way, I get a text.\u00a0 Now, I might be crazy, but I’m not insane enough to text and drive.\u00a0 So I get The Prince to take a look at my phone and see what\u2019s up.\u00a0 It was from FWB wanting to arrange a visit and suggesting a date.\u00a0 I asked The Prince if he had anything planned for the time period that might interfere.\u00a0 He said no, so I asked if he\u2019d text FWB agreeing to the date.<\/p>\n

We pick up our daughter, have some dinner and head home.\u00a0 It\u2019s late, so everyone goes to bed.<\/p>\n

The next morning, we Clean All the Things, go grocery shopping, and drop off a bag of canned, boxed stuff,[2]<\/a> and diapers at the local food pantry \u2013 usual Saturday morning stuff.\u00a0 Cleaning All the Things takes less than half the time it usually does, due to an extra pair of hands.\u00a0 Ditto on the shopping. \u00a0Teenagers are amazingly wonderful creatures.<\/p>\n

The Prince\u2019s girlfriend, Mme Bernhardt, was due to come over that evening, and he also had a radio show he was hosting, so what with that and the kids\u2019 outing, I decided to whip up some pizzas for all of us for dinner.\u00a0 After that, the kids went out and The Prince disappeared to prep for his show.\u00a0 Mme Bernhardt needed a dress for a film shoot the next day, so we went shopping to find something that would match her favorite shoes.\u00a0 Yes, yes, most people would look for shoes to match a dress, but hey\u2026<\/p>\n

We had a good time doing some shopping and found a gorgeous dress for her. We came back in time to hear some of The Prince\u2019s show and await the return of the kids.\u00a0 We had dirty martinis, and after the kids drifted back in, we played some Wii Sports Resort.\u00a0 I arrogantly declared I was going to whip Mme Bernhardt\u2019s butt at Wakeboarding only to be humbled by having my score nearly doubled.\u00a0 You\u2019d think I\u2019d learn\u2026<\/p>\n

The next day, The Prince made us all breakfast, then he and Mme Bernhardt went off to the set.\u00a0 About a half an hour later, I get a text saying that Muscle Boy should be there because it would be good experience for him.\u00a0 So I herd the kids to the car and drop him off to go be a padawan.\u00a0 My daughter and I spend the afternoon getting a new power adapter for her computer, and just generally hanging out.<\/p>\n

The shoot ran late[3]<\/a> but not too badly, so we were all able to sit down to dinner together before we had to get our daughter home.<\/p>\n

This is what poly can look like when there\u2019s not a great deal of foolishness or drama going on.\u00a0 Poly writers tend not to write about this stuff because when things are going well, it\u2019s… just life.\u00a0 You don\u2019t really think\u00a0<\/em>about it.\u00a0 I wasn\u2019t planning to write this at all, except for a comment which prompted it.<\/p>\n

Which prompts something else. \u00a0What’s your<\/em>\u00a0happy poly story?<\/p>\n


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[1]<\/a> From OLQ. Since OLQ has broken up, she lives with her mother, but we\u2019re lucky enough that we can continue a relationship.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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[2]<\/a> Our area has had it rough due to flooding.\u00a0 We didn\u2019t used to do that EVERY week, but are doing it more often for now.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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[3]<\/a> I know, big shock.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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