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As long as you can learn how to suppress or ignore or never have jealousy, multiple relationships seem strictly better (= more fun) to me than monogamy.
by rms 16y ago
As long as you can learn how to suppress or ignore or never have jealousy, multiple relationships seem strictly better (= more fun) to me than monogamy.
- tfinster 16y agoIn addition to suppressing and ignoring jealousy, another option is to learn how to acknowledge and deal with it. Just as fear is quite a natural thing and hinders people in accomplishing their goals, so can jealousy be a hindrance to happy relationships. Both can be successfully managed however. Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear. - Mark Twain I believe the same can be said of jealousy. Also note that unchecked jealousy is not strictly a problem of polyamory; it wreaks havoc even in monogamous relationships.
- rms 16y agoYes, I should have also said "accept jealousy" as a possibly superior option.
- Johngibb 16y agoDid anyone else accidentally parse (= more fun) as a strange prefix notation way of saying "more relationships = fun?" If not, I apologize in advance for my insanity. ;)
- eof 16y agoYes, and I have never even worked regularly with a language that parses like that..