Al99
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I've heard Minx of the Polyweekly Blogsite complain more than once about the common poly image of six feet protruding from underneath a white divet. But - it does seem to be the general public perception of "what poly is"- the hetreo married couple adding the hot bi babe to their bed.
This was brought home on a personal level in a rather interesting and amusing fashion recently. My wife and I are closeted to all but a very few (partners and a couple of close friends, one who was already openly poly) - this continues to be necessary for professional and social reasons, even as we both become increasingly more comfortable with living a poly life. Recently, we attended a weekend social deal at a lakeside resort with a few other professional couples - all very intelligent and well educated - also with us was one couple's (very intelligent) 18 year old daughter who will be starting college this fall.
As we were all sitting around drinking, snacking, and socializing, the topic of polyamory somehow came up (and not from either my wife or I!). Someone asked who all had seen the "Polyamory" series on HBO, I think - but the new college freshmen was quick to explain that polyamory was when a couple added another woman to their marriage - and that the woman was called a unicorn. At this point, I did contribute that I had an openly poly friend (true) that I had discussed poly with (also true) - and that I came away with the understanding that it was often more than simply adding a "third". But our young lady was quite certain of herself, and replied "but not often - most of the time polyamory is just about adding the "extra woman". I let it go, of course...with perhaps a bit of a smile.
Al
This was brought home on a personal level in a rather interesting and amusing fashion recently. My wife and I are closeted to all but a very few (partners and a couple of close friends, one who was already openly poly) - this continues to be necessary for professional and social reasons, even as we both become increasingly more comfortable with living a poly life. Recently, we attended a weekend social deal at a lakeside resort with a few other professional couples - all very intelligent and well educated - also with us was one couple's (very intelligent) 18 year old daughter who will be starting college this fall.
As we were all sitting around drinking, snacking, and socializing, the topic of polyamory somehow came up (and not from either my wife or I!). Someone asked who all had seen the "Polyamory" series on HBO, I think - but the new college freshmen was quick to explain that polyamory was when a couple added another woman to their marriage - and that the woman was called a unicorn. At this point, I did contribute that I had an openly poly friend (true) that I had discussed poly with (also true) - and that I came away with the understanding that it was often more than simply adding a "third". But our young lady was quite certain of herself, and replied "but not often - most of the time polyamory is just about adding the "extra woman". I let it go, of course...with perhaps a bit of a smile.
Al
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