A little bit about me: for the purposes of getting all of people's assumptions out of the way in one go, I am a young(ish), white, (somewhat) dominant, cisgendered male.
I've identified as polyamorous for 5 years now, am married and have a second long term ongoing relationship, as well as a few other significantly more casual relationships. I arrived at this peaceful and stable situation through a good number of relationships of less than stable and calm nature which taught me important things about myself and about human nature.
I feel qualified (barely) to answer questions about etiquette based upon schooling that focused on empathy training and psychology, a solid middle-class background and and inclination to be considerate of people's needs and a strong urge to be polite under even the most harrowing of circumstances.
Mostly, I'm doing this because it seemed like an unmet need, and I wanted to create a forum where, even if you don't agree with me, there can be debate and discussion and development of some agreement about what truly is polite and appropriate behavior for people in poly relationships.
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