polyamorous

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I try to warn people about this (I tell them I am polyamorous, and lazy, explain about compersion, and warn them of my selfishness and insensitivity and intolerance of neediness and expectation) but I still end up hurting people, which does make me unhappy.

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  • In contrast, a typical “liminoid” event such as a rock concert, a rave, or a polyamorous consensual group sex party occurs outside of the mainstream, but a liminoid event marks no such life transition.
  • In addition to being polyamorous, non-procreative, and bisexual, Friday has also thrown any trace of marriage to the wind, roaming ever farther from Rubin's circle of traditional sexuality. —  Strange Horizons, Dec '01
  • If I'm polyamorous, I'd be happy connecting with other polyamorous women as well. —  Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog
  • If you want to be polyamorous, great - move toward that instead. —  Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog
  • GBLT / polyamorous / what-have-you author as "inappropriate." —  Smart Bitches, Trashy Books
 

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