Wow. I have absolutely zero tolerance for that kind of behavior. Not that we cannot all expect people to perhaps feel a bit threatened in such precarious and uncharted emotional territory, but the minute the degrading language comes out about anyone I love . . . well that utterly changes the way...
Okay, nobody needs to get excited over this. I posted this a while ago on account of relevancy to the question before anyone had responded to me. Yes, being labeled as something I felt I was not did seem all-too-familiar and unfortunate. I self-identified as 'poly' by joining this group (I...
Thank you Schrodinger and November for your thoughtful responses. It seems I may have walked semantically into a situation where I was using terms that have a negative connotation to some people here. I suppose I'll just clarify that my use of the word 'share' is not meant to imply that a person...
I thought I might re-post this here. It is my response to comments on my first post in these forums asking for some advice from the seasoned, and I think it gets at exactly what you're talking about. Frankly I've have an almost uniformly bad experience with poly folks because of imposed...
Ah I thought this was what might happen . . . I would be looked down upon as a "swinger" . . . something I would never use to label myself, nor is it a community that I have any contact with (or wish to), just because I mentioned sex for fun. My boyfriend and I don't "swing" . . . which is to...
Question . . . (hopefully this posts, though I suspect it won't): do all new threads require approval by a moderator before showing up? I am new to these forums and I just tried 3 times over to post a new thread in the 'relationships' section. Each time I submit I am thanked as though everything...
This is my first post on this forum, so hello to all of you and thanks for taking the time to consider my question. It's a simple one: if you were looking to meet a potential date to explore ménage à trois with your committed partner, where would you go to meet such a potential play mate if you...