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- Newsgroups: soc.bi
- Path: sparky!uunet!mcsun!fuug!anon
- From: an2839@anon.penet.fi (Archer)
- Subject: Polyamory and friendships
- Message-ID: <1993Jan23.064424.17527@fuug.fi>
- Sender: anon@fuug.fi (The Anon Administrator)
- Organization: Anonymous contact service
- X-Anonymously-To: soc.bi
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 05:29:59 GMT
- Lines: 50
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- This is not exactly related to bi in general, but is not very
- tangental for me, and I've come to respect some of your opinions.
-
- (hey! hey! stop with the mushy stuff... yeah, yeah, I know. I like
- you too, now go away ;)
-
- Please don't change the Subject line unnecessarily, because I'm having
- trouble keeping up with soc.bi (CC me if you want)
-
-
- I have two good friends here at school who have been dating for a year
- (yea! :). Both are mostly straight, and we all get along fine. The
- female (we'll call her Debbie) is interested in spending some time
- with other people (not in a sexual manner in all cases, but in a few).
- The male (Dave will do) is less interested in doing so (slightly
- insecure and clingy), though there has been limited exploration in
- this area for him.
-
- Now, ever since we had a threesome a few months ago (he initiated it,
- but we all had been discussing it, if that is relevent), Debbie and I
- became a bit more interested in exploring things together (before this
- the relationship was entirely plutonic). Dave for some reason began
- percieving me as a threat, though intellectually he knows that is not
- necessarily the case (all three of us still get along, BTW). To
- complicate things, Debbie and I once let our self control slip and
- kissed, which added to the warning lights in Dave's subconscious.
- Dave still is my best male friend here on campus, and I am still his.
-
- Both are trying to accomidate the other, but there is an inherent
- conflict here (if only he was bi :( ). Is there any way to allow Dave
- to "get used" to the idea of Debbie and I exploring together without
- causing problems? Our idea was to gradually increase the amount of
- physical contact betwen Debbie and I around David, but this could
- backfire.
-
- We are all trying our best to keep communication, and keeping their
- relationship together is my primary concern. I can't see how this can
- easily be done when she wants more freedom and he wants her close.
- Not involving myself would be the best solution, but wouldn't be fair
- to her (or me).
-
- Oh, and if you haven't guessed, I'm mostly polyamorous, and possibly
- bi. And yes, I think Dave is cute.
-
- -"Archer"
- Send hugs if you got 'em
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