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- From: muffy@remarque.berkeley.edu (Muffy Barkocy)
- Newsgroups: alt.polyamory
- Subject: Re: conversation stimulation
- Date: 21 Dec 92 16:57:25
- Organization: Natural Language Incorporated
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- Message-ID: <MUFFY.92Dec21165725@remarque.berkeley.edu>
- References: <1992Dec18.025935.29601@penet.fi>
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- In-reply-to: an3096@anon.penet.fi's message of Thu, 17 Dec 1992 23:59:54 GMT
-
- In article <1992Dec18.025935.29601@penet.fi> an3096@anon.penet.fi (lazlo) writes:
- > My dilemma is that even though I occasionally see two other women, I
- > am in a monogamous relationship with my SO. With one exception, I
- > have been in a sexually monogamous r'ship with her for the past 9
- > months. I have discussed the idea of polyamory with her and she has
- > told me that while she doesn't mind if I see other women, she isn't
- > interested in meeting other men.
-
- What exactly do you mean by "seeing" other women? Do you mean that you
- "see" women who are friends, or you are "dating" women, or what?
-
- > When I pressed further, she said she might become jealous if I had sex
- > with another woman.
-
- Did she say that she therefore did not want you to do that?
-
- > The point to which I am converging is that as I become closer to my
- > SO, I find that I am becoming more and more monogamous. The idea of
- > monogamy is not itself a bad thing, but I would like to have the
- > freedom to explore other people.
-
- What does "explore" mean to you?
-
- There are (at least) sexual monogamy (no sex with anyone else) and
- emotional monogamy (no "too close" (however that is defined)
- relationships with anyone else). The former is not much of a problem,
- for me. If my SO wanted me to not have sex with other people, it would
- be occasionally frustrating, but I, while remaining myself, *could* do
- it (I'd rather not, though, so I'm glad I don't have to...*smile*). The
- latter is a very big problem - to me, the only line between close
- friends and lovers is having sex. I could not be happy being
- constrained to a certain emotional distance from other people.
-
- Now, it sounds like your SO is okay about the emotional involvement with
- others, just (perhaps) not sexual. Is the problem that you also want to
- have sex with people other than your SO?
-
- Muffy
-
- --
-
- Muffy Barkocy | ~Can you tell me how much bleeding/it
- muffy@mica.berkeley.edu | takes to fill a word with meaning and/
- "amorous inclinations"? Aha! I'm | how much how much death it takes/to give
- not "not straight," I'm *inclined*.| a slogan breath?~ - Bruce Cockburn
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