Poly Lessons

when the person you love already has a primary relationship

Another day, another thought. Am reading one of those stupid, poison-ridden Reddit dramas. This one about a woman mad that her newly wed husband chose to spend Thanksgiving with his mother over her. I agree with her that it sucks. She doesn’t get along with her MIL, and now she loses her husband for the …

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the harsh realities of sunk costs vs staying with the “one whose been there for you”

This message is specifically directed to any couple thinking about opening up, but really it’s for anyone. I am skeptical of most “unconditional love.” I don’t want to argue here whether unconditional love exists. Perhaps it does. Perhaps it doesn’t. But love is more than a feeling. It is manifested in our actions. And that …

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mutually assured destruction based relationships are my #1 hard limit

Mutually assured destruction (MAD) is a doctrine of military strategy and national security policy in which a full-scale use of nuclear weapons by two or more opposing sides would cause the complete annihilation of both the attacker and the defender (see pre-emptive nuclear strike and second strike).[1] It is based on the theory of deterrence, which holds that the threat of using strong weapons against the enemy prevents the enemy’s use …

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