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- From: Elise@p19.f341.n282.z1.tdkt.kksys.com (Elise)
- Sender: FredGate@tdkt.kksys.com
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- Newsgroups: alt.polyamory
- Subject: Re: I feel like I'm listening to a cat fight
- Message-ID: <725616049.AA00763@tdkt.kksys.com>
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 17:48:02 -0600
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- E> Yes, I know I made almost every mistake that can be
- E> made. Hell, if there was a textbook bad example, I was
- E> it. I'm very familiar with the emotion of jealousy and
- E> it isn't a good feeling. I learned quite a bit from
- E> those relationships and I have to say that I'm now in a
- E> polyamorous relationship with a wonderful couple and a
- E> sometimes third, with no feelings of possession, being
- E> left out, being ignored, feelings of being a fifth
- E> wheel, and all of the other wonderfully useless
- E> feelings that accompany fits of jealousy. I've gone so
- E> far as to invite these folks to share my home with me.
- E> Yeah, I'm in love with them big time. *grins*
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- Well, first off, congratulations and way to go! Sounds good. Sounds real
- good.
- Could you elaborate on what you learned? I'm interested in the concept of
- how jealousy is unlearned, and in how people experience secure rather than
- insecure feelings in relationships. What in you changed? And (how) are the
- people you are picking these days different? Do tell, please. Thanks.
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