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"I'm not a prude at all but the emotional trauma most of these people impose on their partners is wild to behold."
"why is everyone who is open about being kinky a purple haired, nonbinairy, polyamourous, trans cat girl?"
"Hedonistic polyamorous people set the most stupid boundaries and wonder why they get their hearts broken."
"she would be like our polyamory is a radical queer decolonial project and he would be like whatever i'm just trying to cheat on you"
"it's like how black people say you're invited to the cookout but for spergs I guess it's invited to the polycule"
"he essentially tried to guilt me into thinking that polyamory is the correct and logical thing to do and if you're not okay with your partner having multiple romantic and sexual relationships you're insecure, fearful, and letting your emotions get the better of you."
"It was at a popular roastery in my city."
"I am by no means some hyper sex positive person who thinks polyamory is cool. In fact I think those people are fucking losers who don't even deserve to wipe my toilet after a shit."
"A cursory glance at any polyamorous anecdote will not find sleezy backroom escapades -- it's mostly contracts, agreements, constant navel-gazing about compliance with complex rulesets, and pop psychology bullshit like 'boundary-setting' and the like. These people are obsessed with configurations... "
"More like Roly poly people haha
They are bad and fat"
"Dave's fatal flaw was his interest in polyamory. Polyamory is upsetting for a couple of reasons. Firstly, it's a flawed theory. You simply can't have a close romantic relationship with two separate women when each is aware of the other's existence and also free to fuck people who are not you."
"polyamorous people are evil."
"Maybe I'm too trad to appreciate the perks, but I honestly can't wrap my head around this one"
"i do not wanna spend my late 30s being cucked or cheated on or unwilling enter into a nightmare polycule lifestyle."
"For example the posters here got bullied in high school so now they bully poly people so they can be on top for once."
"Seriously, the past two guys I've dated ended up casually telling me weeks to months into seeing each other that they are in open relationships."
"Just keep fussing over the Pareto principle and hypergamy or the unpleasant fact that all men have pedophilic impluses or Gaza or urban blight or polyamory until you turn 30"
"There should be enough NY girls in unhappy poly amorous relationships with power brokers to make discussion interesting."
"So you want to hit me while we have sex and not even call me your girlfriend?"
"my polyamorous boyfriend is cheating on me"
"oh don't worry I'm in an open relationship. I like the freedom it gives me"
"I knew a guy who was in a relationship that lasted four whole weeks. He drove thousands of miles to a Southern state to join up with a woman and her boyfriend, and the boyfriend was extremely jealous."
"I know deep within my soul that's it's dumb and wrong but I can't articulate why."
"do they just need something to complain about that isn't their sti ridden polycules"
"Downvote all you want, but this is way more interesting than talking about election polls, taylor swift or poly people"
"who were all fucking each other in a really messy polycule-but-not-a-polycule?"
"Considering the general disdain for polyamory and veneration of a more pure monogamy here, I assumed people have thoughts about this feeling. Personally, I'm not into poly"
"A member of my roommate's poly throuple has proven herself an octoroon via 23 and Me"
"But then again if I was an nb Demi sexual ethical non monogamist in a Muslim society, and not a straight white man I'd probably get killed."
"But on the other hand you'll get upvoted for saying you're in a poly relationship with 3 other fat asses."
"Two polyamorous non-binary sex working Chapos being banished forever."
"Make American politics poly and they'll explode like open relationships"
"a poly couple with a 23 year old and two people in their late 30's that met her because one night she had too much to drink and they asked her to stay in their bed with them"
"Two or More Helpings of Chicken Soup for the Polyamorous Soul"
"Another group, comprising two guys and one girl, walked in. "Is this a poly relationship?" I thought, as I had never seen one in person before."
"It's also rare to come across the one person you truly believe you're meant to be with, and not only have her married and with kids to boot, but also 2000 miles away in another sovereign nation. This isn't a fling or a tryst or an affair, it's two people being bowled over by discovering a deep wells"
"Fast forward to this year -- she "came out" to him as poly. She doesn't have a job and he does, so she would invite her other partner over while he was at work."
"It's not like their relationship was torn apart with jealousy and weirdness like you'd expect - it's more like it's all meaningless now and they made relationships boring by using cheat codes."
"My 20yo kid in a serious-sounding polycule online relationship that includes a 40yo"
"Everywhere you go people talk about about software, or polyamory/trans and metaphysical feminism"
"I had never heard so much talk about losers in "polycules" til this sub lol what's your fascination with them?"
"Many men on apps are suddenly poly and I don't want to be part of some harem"
"In the end all 3 join a polycule and become morbidly fat."
"One of my former coworkers wanted to set me up with someone in her polycule."
"Seems to only hang out with alt-artsy types, is in a poly marriage with an literal art hoe"
"I just clicked on a video about a book in the first 5 minutes we're disclaimers about BDSM and polyamory and it irked me so bad!"
"Guy is in a 5-way polycule. The polycule votes that he should let another male member rail him even though he doesn't want to, and argues that he should go with the majority vote to 'respect democracy' or he's ejected from the 'cule"
"I think the poly world's exclusive use of the word "ethical" where "moral" could be used really captures the essence of their community."
"the avatars are always weird as fuck and give polyamorous vibes"
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