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I don't know that it is or isn't. The "challenge", as posed by the thread title and the OP, was to create a greeting card for a new polyamorous relationship. I was rising to the challenge.

A "Thank You" card for being told by someone: (that also would work well with gay/lesbian/bi "coming out" news) A condolences card for the loss of a loved one: A "Congratulations on the new lover" one:

I work at a Motel. We have the following rates (for a weekday, no special events): daily: $60 per night. hourly: $10 per hour with a 6 hour minimum. :p ;) :D

That is the ultimate question, isn't it? How do you "make sure" anyone is anything that they say they are? Trust (but in "baby steps") is the only answer I know. Hopefully they are worthy of your trust.

When is the best time to tell someone? Sometime between "learning their name" and "talking about actually going on a first date". The specific "when" can change depending on a LOT of factors though. I don't think there's a set "within so many minutes of conversation" time.

The "problem" with religious polygyny is that it's not so much "for love"*, but it's "to spread the faith by having as many children, all raised IN the faith, as possible". With multiple wives the husband get's more opportunity to create pregnancies because he can impregnate different wives when...

There was a "reality" show called "Polyamory: Married & Dating" on Showtime following a couple of different polyamorous groups. I caught it for one season, heard it was renewed for a second season but never caught any of those episodes. The season I did catch was pretty open about what was...

Human beings, as a species, are NOT designed for monogamy. That's a completely and utterly social construct. However, just because we, as a species are designed for "other than" monogamy... doesn't mean each individual is "mentally programmed" for it from birth. I liken it to the following: We...

I say tell them the truth... age appropriately, of course.

They do if it's an inheritance of a parent without a spouse... so the comparison fits.

Next of kin "scales" the same way it does with no spouse and only multiple kids. The automatic "right" a father has over his bio kids would remain as it is... but based on the bio tie to them not the marriage-to-the-mother tie.

I disagree. All of them can "Scale" to multiple spouses. In many cases that "scaling" is just the the benefit would be split by the spouses. In the cases of things like insurance plans, where the employee can add family members, "spouse" and "children" would be converted to plain and simple...

"Always was mono, because I didn't know any better... until I had an epiphany" would have been my vote if it had been an option. I think there are probably as many ways to "come to poly" as there are variations in how to structure a poly relationship.

There's a slight difference between "the N-word" and the word "marriage". On the one hand, non-blacks can never be black. On the other hand, any two people that want to get married, however, CAN get married. I've yet to come across a black person supporting "Save the word ni***r! Stop...

That's because there is no logic to the assertion that Marriage is religious.

My use of the term marriage has ZERO religious connotations. I don't care what you believe. I know what it represents to the people THIS MARRIAGE is important to. That's a secular civil contract. Period. Full Stop. End of Line. Finis. And I'm not "oppressing religious freedom". I'm saying if...

Oh I definitely agree that no one HAS to change. I'm just saying that if anyone should, if everyone wanted their own word for it, and they couldn't get along with sharing the word... it should be the religions that change. Secular society was here long before every modern religion was dreamed...

The religions can just as easily give the term up as well. As I pointed out though... Secular society had the term LONG BEFORE religion did. Why should Secular society give it up? That makes absolutely no sense what-so-ever. First claim on something should be able to keep that claim. Oh, and...

Why shouldn't the legal term be "marriage" and religions get their own term (or terms, that way each religion could have their own)? Marriage was a secular term LONG before it was taken and used in religion. I do agree that religions should always have the right to determine what they see fit...

Marriage existed before Christianity. And no they weren't "the exact same statement". In one (yours) its a sacrament to Catholics for everyone. In mine it's a sacrament to Catholics only. Non Catholics don't believe that Catholicism is non-existent, they believe it and it's tenets are...