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I think you're making the claim much bigger than it is. The narrow interpretation of "consensual non-monogamy" does not imply a relationship. Having a threesome
by tremon 2y ago
I think you're making the claim much bigger than it is. The narrow interpretation of "consensual non-monogamy" does not imply a relationship. Having a threesome with your partner and your best friend already qualifies. Making out with a non-partner while your partner watches might already qualify, depending on how the question is understood.
- bluefirebrand 2y ago> Having a threesome with your partner and your best friend already qualifies I don't think it does qualify any more than having a one night stand between two single people implies that they are dating This seems to be ignore that Poly implies a relationship, not just sex
- Teever 2y agoHow many threesomes with their partner and their best friend would someone have to have before they're polyamorous?
- bluefirebrand 2y agoThat's probably up to whatever the couple thinks, and has no universally correct answer It just seems absurd to suggest that a monogamous couple who has one single threesome, one time, and then never again, is now "non-monogamous" forever
- beardedmoose 2y agoWell if more than 3 shakes is a wank then the 4th threesome is a poly relationship.
- jandrese 2y agoBut the measurement was "consensual non-monogamy", not "polyamory".
- nsluss 2y agoThe quote isn't about "Poly" it's about non-monogamy. Having a one night stand with a stranger while simultaneously having a partner is not monogamy.
- bluefirebrand 2y agoSee, you can say that but if it's treated as a one time thing and actually stays a one time thing, then probably the two people in the couple aren't going to go around calling their relationship "non-monogamous"
- kyletns 2y agoDoesn't really matter what they call it - that's non-monogamy (edit: or cheating)
- mystified5016 2y ago> 21% of Americans have experimented with consensual non-monogamy at some point in their lives "Try a threeway once" fits the billed description of "experimented with consensual non-monogamy" pretty exactly. Whether the people involved continue to define their relationship as non-monogamous is irrelevant.