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- From: gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
- Newsgroups: alt.polyamory
- Subject: Re: Golden Rules And Me
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.204959.13949@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
- Date: 31 Dec 92 20:49:59 GMT
- Sender: usenet@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU
- Organization: Department of Astronomy, University of Virginia
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- > How does someone approach the possibility of polyamory who has
- >been in a long marriage and who feels his/her SO's knowledge of outside
- >relationships would do more harm than good?
-
- Well, I'm hardly an expert on anything related to marriage, but here's
- how I think about it:
-
- Even if your wife doesn't WANT to know, what happens when she finds out?
- Sometimes it can be very hard to ignore reality, especially when some
- "helpful" friend decides to explain to her what's going on. At the
- least, she's going to be very upset and embarrassed and unable to
- explain to the friend what's going on; at worst, you're going to be
- divorced.
-
- How is your lover going to deal with the fact that your wife doesn't
- know? I'd find that very unsettling. I don't like the concept of
- "sneaking around". I like being able to call up a lover any time to
- chat, and I'd feel awful if she answered the phone and I had to lie.
-
- How are you going to deal with keeping a part of your life hidden from
- your wife? This is what I would find hardest, if I were you. Lovers
- are people that I share my life with, and having pieces which are not
- not shared and MUST be hidden is not something I'd deal with. "Whew!
- She didn't find out today, so I'm not going to lose her today."
-
- Of course, everyone's different. But that's why I make my rules the
- way I do. And I had a discussion with a good friend about this last
- night who doesn't think about things the way I do, so it's obviously
- something that lots of people think differently about. Good luck.
-
- -- greg
-