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- From: sa121@cl.cam.ac.uk (S. Arrowsmith)
- Subject: Re: A philosophical question...
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 18:19:15 GMT
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- In article <C17JrB.86y@newcastle.ac.uk> J.W.Harley@newcastle.ac.uk (Jon Harley) writes:
- >jsb16@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Jennifer S Broekman) writes:
- >>Here we see the *true* advantage to polyamory: When you dump your SO, both
- >>you and sie know that it's because there was something wrong/uncomfortable
- >>about the relationship between the two of you alone, not that 'there was
- >>someone else'...
- >
- I'm not sure that is an advantage -- but then, personal experience
- hasn't been quite that straightforward. I'm also not sure if there
- isn't an "I've found someone better than you" aspect to be considered,
- which kind-of combines the two.
-
- >(And I would have thought a disadvantage would be that someone might dump
- >you *because* you were polyamourous and they weren't).
- >
- Been there, done that. Well, sort of -- I got a "It's me or him"
- ultimatum. And got the same decision made back at me (without the
- prompting, however) a few months later. All relationships hurt,
- in the end....
-
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