Drinking to excess is self destructive
Poly issues are hard enough in a perfect scenario. (If anyone has any clue what that may be, I'm all ears.) Add the difficulty of dealing with alcoholism or addiction and it becomes untenable. As most on here would agree, brutally honest communication is...
Dictating terms is a tricky business...
when confronted with difficult relationship issues, weather poly issues or otherwise the first thing I like to do is try to really understand the other persons' perspective. If I can get my mind wrapped around what's motivating their behaviors or dialogue...
communicate, communicate, communicate...
Ultimately you're on the right path here. Any idiot can talk about the weather or things that are inconsequential, but to put one's self out there and talk to those we love about the things that we find frightening is at best very difficult. At worst...
good movie, but quite sad
We enjoyed this movie as well and found it to be a very poignant glimpse of poly issues in a modern setting. Another good polylife movie is French Twist, give it a try.
I love it, our oldest used to make up words all the time but the one that still cracks me up to this day is "Poinkey" as in anything sharp that can poke you is "poinkey" lol