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- From: vicka@wrq.com (the Littlest Orc)
- Subject: Re: Intro to me and question for all
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.230020.7673@u.washington.edu>
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 23:00:20 GMT
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- In article <MUFFY.92Dec22124315@remarque.berkeley.edu>
- muffy@remarque.berkeley.edu (Muffy Barkocy) writes:
- > I believe you are "as clear" with your lovers as you are with
- > us. That does not mean that I believe you are being very clear.
-
- And yet you claim to agree with Frances' statement that I was "so
- very clear from the beginning"? Make up your mind.
-
- > Why not "polyamorous"?
-
- Because the term misses a Very Important Point: that I don't *like*
- having multiple simultaneous relationships, and that I prefer my
- lovers one-at-a-time. This is exactly the phenomenon for which I
- use the term "monogamous": to call myself "polyamorous" hides the
- fact.
-
- > In fact, you *are* polyamorous, according to *your* definition ("max
- > number of acceptable lovers > 1").
-
- Note one more time: that is not my definition. I cancelled the article
- that contained the "max number of acceptable" phrase, replacing it with
- the term "simultaneous-number-of-lovers" as part of one's preferences.
-
- > Also, according to the "societal" definition of monogamy you made ("max
- > number of acceptable lovers = 1"), you are not monogamous.
-
- My current relationship-status is not monogamous, nor have I ever claimed
- that it is. (I've gone into some detail about the particular circumstances
- that allow me to conduct my simultaneous relationships just now.) My
- preference is *still* for a single lover at a time, and has been since
- I began my sex life some ten years ago.
-
- > Nope, it is within the limitations as it is used by all the other people
- > in our society that I have encountered, other than you and your two or
- > three lovers and/or defenders.
-
- There have been at least five people in this thread who agreed that my
- use of the word fit their definition; I've never even met some of them.
- You've had exactly one supporter in this newsgroup, if you want to do
- it by poll. In *my* experience (and I daresay I've spent more time
- talking over definitions of "monogamy" than you have, since it's a word
- I use for myself), most people don't have a problem in dealing with it
- in reference to a preference for having one lover.
-
-
- cheers,
- --vicka vicka@wrq.com
-
- "Empty hands and open minds"
-
-