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- From: pjbulfor@cayley.uwaterloo.ca (Pete "the Frog" Bulford)
- Subject: Pete the Ignorant
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- Organization: University of Waterloo
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- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 16:10:23 GMT
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- >> [intro to Pete's life starting as a poly-person...]
- >> She says that he is a poly-person and that was okay with her.
- >> He encouraged her to adopt the same ideas. Her first try at
- Oppss... I have recently found out that he is NOT a poly-person
- and that he fully intends to remain mono. I'm not sure that
- that changes things drastically.
- >
- >I strongtly suggest you examine your feelings VERY closely. If there is
- >even a shadow of a doubt that you can handle being somebodies secondary
- >without yet having been anyones primary, be prepared for things to get
- >difficult. I hope I am not assuming much by stating that you probably
- >were brought up (like most of us) believing that monogamy was the ideal,
- >and without having experienced the other alternative, you may still
- >expect--not on a conscious level, but a visceral one--that your lady will
- >be "true" to you alone. You may, however, be one of those remarkable
- >people who can adapt and adjust to the situation as readily as my first
- >lover's lover did (for whom she was also HIS first lover--does this make
- >sense?). Also, another question that may arise is this: are you
- >comfortable playing with her *at the same time as her primary boyfriend
- >is playing with her?* If you are, or could be, then this may be a way to
- >dispell a lot of the tension and apprehension invovled in a "zig-zag"
- >relationship. You don't necessarily have to touch the other fellow, but
- >making the woman the center of attention can be fun as well as relaxing,
- >and can enable you to relate to the other man better, which may make your
- >part easier.
- >--
- >INTERNET: ebrooks@netlink.cts.com (Eben Rosenberger)
- >UUCP: ...!ryptyde!netlink!ebrooks
- >NetLink Online Communications * Public Access in San Diego, CA (619) 453-1115
-
- Hmmm... This gives me more to think about. I would have
- myself believing that I can handle being part of a secondary
- relationship. I feel that I may just happen to be one of those
- remarkable people that you have so mentioned in that I think that
- I can adjust as required up to the extent that I feel that I could
- pull out from the relationship completely if too much friction
- started.
-
- I have only just met her 'boyfriend' just yesterday and as of yet
- I don't think that I would be comfortable playing with her
- *at the same time as her primary boyfriend is playing with her*
- as of yet. She has suggested that perhaps sometime the three of
- us may get together and just try that. I think that perhaps my
- comfort is rather based on what I perceive *his* comfort to be
- and I don't think that he is entirely comfortable with me yet.
- Hmmmmm.... Is this discomfort something that I should concern
- myself with too much at this time? Perhaps it is too early to
- decide.
-
- There is one more little sneak in the situation. Her primary
- boyfriend doesn't live in town yet and won't be for another 4
- months at least. However they DO call EVERY day keeping themselves
- in close contact with eachothers life.
-
- <Sigh> This poly-stuff is much more complicated in action
- than in words.
-
- Pete
-
-