Leander
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It seems to some people polyamory = hippies.
Recently I was telling some middle-aged white male monogamous friends who live largely conventional lives about my previous experiences in the city as a poly person. They know I identify as polyamorous but it rarely ever comes up when we chat. At one point I got to describing most of the people in my extended polycule back then, which probably sounded quite strange. After I finished there was an awkward silence then one of them blurted out, "Bunch of fucking hippies!" Yes, yes, a most shrewd observation.
Just a couple of weeks before this my white, conservative, truck-driving, deer-hunting, beer-loving neighbor of several years stopped in mid-conversation and asked me (regarding my household), “Wait, are you guys hippies?” I said that we were kind of similar in many ways, minus the commune. Guilty as charged. I'm surprised it took him this long to suspect since we have Pride flags everywhere, some psychedelic art on display, are all vegan, grow cannabis out the back together with lots of veges, have poly/kink/wellness social events at our house sometimes, etc. I asked if it was my Italian fashionwear that gave it away. He looked confused.
Recently I was telling some middle-aged white male monogamous friends who live largely conventional lives about my previous experiences in the city as a poly person. They know I identify as polyamorous but it rarely ever comes up when we chat. At one point I got to describing most of the people in my extended polycule back then, which probably sounded quite strange. After I finished there was an awkward silence then one of them blurted out, "Bunch of fucking hippies!" Yes, yes, a most shrewd observation.
Just a couple of weeks before this my white, conservative, truck-driving, deer-hunting, beer-loving neighbor of several years stopped in mid-conversation and asked me (regarding my household), “Wait, are you guys hippies?” I said that we were kind of similar in many ways, minus the commune. Guilty as charged. I'm surprised it took him this long to suspect since we have Pride flags everywhere, some psychedelic art on display, are all vegan, grow cannabis out the back together with lots of veges, have poly/kink/wellness social events at our house sometimes, etc. I asked if it was my Italian fashionwear that gave it away. He looked confused.