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- From: wsonnen@alnitak.usc.edu (Wayne Sonnen)
- Newsgroups: alt.polyamory
- Subject: Re: Annoying experience
- Date: 28 Jan 1993 18:54:08 -0800
- Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- In article <93028.101642SEK@psuvm.psu.edu> Sonja Kueppers <SEK@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
- >I'm the local contact for our polyamory discussion group. That means
- >I get some weird phone calls.
- >
- >Last night at 1am, a guy called me. I was asleep, but I tend to view
- > ... stuff deleted...
- >
- >Why do people feel compelled to do this? He seemed like a perfectly nice
- >guy who just wanted information -- so why couldn't he just leave it at
- >that?
- >
- Are you serious? You don't know!
- The guy is:
- (1) stupid
- (2) thinks that because you are involved in poly-relationships suggests to
- him that you are into casual sex (a free spirit, or something of that
- nature).
- (3) (1) and (2)
-
- Personally, i would have played my cards a little smarter. He should have
- asked to call you back at a more reasonable time and talk with you a lot
- longer.... Perhaps, talked for a few days then suggested that you two meet--
- assumming that you had enough in common.
-
- My advise to someone like this is that s/he should take
- out an add in a newspaper
- (you all know what papers circulate in your area with such adds),
- be frank about what s/he's looking for and wait for replies.
- Alternatively, s/he could "hit the bars".
-
- end of my $0.02.
- ********************************************************************
-
- I have a question:
-
- The fact that you are a "local contact for polyamory discussion group"
- confuses me. I'm new to the group; maybe i haven't been reading
- your discussions long enough. Whatever the case, could you (or someone else)
- explain why such a discussion group would exist? If its emotional problems,
- shouldn't you refer them to professional councilling. I can understand if
- someone would want to just talk to someone else with similar experiences
- (eg bisexual to bisexual, poly to poly ?, etc.). If this is all that
- your discussion group is, fine.
-
- Thank you in advance for your opinions,
- Wayne Sonnen
-