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"Two" is a group, technically speaking, so it "three" or "four" or "five", or... basically any number of people or items over "one"... and doesn't necessarily mean "connected as a unified cohesive singular construct". Like, one could say "a group of islands in the Caribbean" and draw a circle...

Feel free to open a thread about it, I'll happily participate... or PM me.

I think that anything can work. I also think polygamy (in all it's various forms) needs to be legalized so people don't have to choose between marrying partner 1 or partner 2 or partner 3 et cetera. As it sits now, with monogamous marriage being the only legal option, it opens the door to this...

I think it's eminently possible to be happy and settle at the same time. The question arises "could you be happier?" then the person that's happy but settled would answer "yes".

Just because more women may initiate the poly dynamic (if that even true), it doesn't necessarily mean that more men in poly would be the result. A woman could introduce poly to the dynamic to be the V between her male love and a female love. Example: heterosexual male + bisexual female +...

This is just my 2 cents worth... so take it for whatever value 2 cents has for you... I think that if it's true that more MFM v's are successful than FMF v's... it's likely because the two males get along better than the two females, and because of that, there's less manufactured drama in the...

Yes. Both. :D

I agree with you that "flawed men wrote the Bible". And I wasn't saying that they "had it right the way they accept"... I was saying it's BS for Christians to claim "the only valid marriage is '1 man + 1 woman', because The Bible says so"... as most Christians claim.

Exactly. Marriage isn't solely a "churchly thing" It never has been. Marriage has existed long before any current religion... and it will outlive them all. (not to mention many religions are actually o.k. with plural marriage... even Christianity... IF one follows the actual Bible, and not...

I think that so long as mono-marriage conveys rights, poly-marriage should be a goal to strive for. If ever mono-marriage ceases to automatically convey any rights at all, then the fight for poly-marriage should cease. As to hardships with dissolution of a poly-marriage? That could reasonable...

It could be a US v. UK difference. In the US, many states have laws or constitutional amendments that say some version of "anything having the appearance of a marriage" (which changing names and calling another person your spouse does definitely have) counts for purposes of legality or illegality.

Poly is definitely the "natural" state of humanity. Monogamy is socially instilled whether that be due to religion or not is irrelevant to me. ETA: forgot to answer the first part of the question. I don't like it because the monogamy half of the ratio shouldn't even exist (as a societal...

While the bolded is true, a feminist is only "caring about men's rights" in a "let's get rid of them" OR "let's make ours equal to theirs" way... NEVER in a "let's raise their up to ours" way. A humanist or egalitarian, on the other had, wants to raise the rights of all, equally (or to...

Yes, "seriously". If just asking about something... ANYTHING... is enough for someone to break up with you then that's not the person you should be with.

If they would break up with you because you ask a question... are they really the right person for you to be with? That's the most important question in my mind. I say ask K about his thoughts on poly... don't lead in with any information about B... just about the idea of poly in general. If...

Unfortunately I have to agree with this. In my case, I'm the "poly partner" who has chosen to give up poly (for now at least). There is some resentment building up in the relationship because of it too (mostly because she knew I was poly when we met, even though I wasn't in any other...

Interesting idea!

That really depends on several factors: Quality of build, location, build-out or skirting, neighborhood, quality of other homes in neighborhood, et cetera. There are some mobile home builders that build EXACTLY like site built homes (2x4's as wall studs, real drywall walls and ceilings, wood or...

If budget can be an issue, a "stepping stone" or "for now" home could be a Mobile Home. Contrary to what a lot of people believe they can be customized. You could even have one built with adjoining "Master Suites" if you wanted... for not too much money (compared to a "site built" home).

I hadn't considered an "announcement from the poly-family" card... so here's one for that: