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02-10-2011, 10:01 AM
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"Stop me if you've heard this one" - clichés we've heard from non-polys
Stereotypes, clichés, put-downs, prejudices
Hi! You are invited to submit the sort of anti-Polyamory comments you've heard or read. You may also submit your own replies to same. I'll start with 2 examples: "You're just too immature to handle a REAL relationship!" My heart's just too big to be limited to petty, stingy love. "If you spread your love too widely, it's never deep anywhere." If you take a thimbleful, or a litre... or a square kilometre of water from the ocean, is the ocean noticeably shallower?
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If I can't dance, I want no part in your Revolution. - Emma Goldman Anarchist and Polyamorous par excellence The person who says something is impossible should not interrupt the person who is doing it. - old Chinese proverb And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.~ Anais Nin I'd rather have a broken heart / Than have a heart of stone. - from "Boundless Love (A Polyamory Song)" by Jimmy Hollis i Dickson
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#2
02-10-2011, 10:58 AM
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Welcome, welcome welcome! Thanks for the best intro I think I've ever read on this board and then straight into a link to a really good thread! I am thoroughly impressed.
We've been told "you're just not that into each other" and "He obviously does make your heart sing and your soul soar" to which I say "Garbage" (just for Redpepper) 
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02-10-2011, 11:11 AM
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"If you truly loved someone, they would be enough and you wouldn't even look at another person."
 I call BS...lol
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Courage doesn't always Roar - Sometimes it is the quiet voice at the end of day saying I will try again tomorrow.
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02-10-2011, 06:30 PM
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"If you were really happy with your wife you wouldn't be wanting to go poly." This from a poly person too, go figure...
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Actually, it's both big and clever. The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. Dreadful My Poly-friendly Facebook Account - Add me, you know it makes sense...  My Main Facebook Account.
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02-11-2011, 10:00 AM
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"You need to grow up and realize you're married" - Mr. Panda, about 5 minutes before I decided to stop talking to him.
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This is my family. It may be little, and broken, but it's still good. Yeah, still good.
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02-11-2011, 06:14 PM
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There must have been something wrong with or missing in your marriage if a) you decided to try swinging and b) 2rings fell so hard for someone else.
Of course - neither was true but try telling that to people.
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“There is only one world, the world pressing against you at this minute. There is only one minute in which you are alive, this minute here and now. The only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable miracle."
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02-11-2011, 06:39 PM
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fun topic
"You're just greedy and oversexed!"
My reply: We're gay men...if all you want is just more sex, it's easier if you stay single! "I can't even get one man let alone two!" My reply: Sounds like your problem, not mine.  "This isn't some kinda kinky Mormon thing is it?!?" My reply: "MOTHER PLEASE!"  
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#9
02-11-2011, 11:55 PM
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Quote:
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. Independent solo polyamorist seeking lover-friends willing to invest in friendship, companionship, and love, but without a need for partnership. Never confuse commitment with exclusivity, love with ownership, nor sex with intimacy! For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
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02-12-2011, 06:55 AM
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Quote:
"I'm married...NOT dead!"
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“People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.” - Chinese Proverb -Imaginary Illusion How did I get here & Where am I going?
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