all things polyamory

the culture of this place is gonna get so fucked. PVP enabled website.

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what this was supposed to communicate to me was “saint valentine would marry young men to their girlfriends in secret as a priest at his own risk and thats why we celebrate valentines day” 

what i got out of it was “saint valentine married a shitton of dudes so he could protect his army of husbands from having to go to war and it was beautiful and love can halt war in its tracks and thats why we celebrate valentines day”

and thats why the assumption that a child would automatically get a hetero interpretation of the story and the innate unclarity of the english language made me think that valentines day was about mass gay poly marriage until i was like fourteen and recited the story to a friend who stared at me like id grown three extra heads

The other day it was one of my partners' birthday party (all pronouns) and I ended up holed up in a corner with my metamour just going through our respective folders of photos of them and sharing pictures.

-"Oh, you gotta send me that one, they look HOT"

-"You probably have this one, right?" "No, she sent me only one of those at the time, can I have the series?"

-"AWWWWW That's so cute, where was that??"

-"Oh, yeah, of course I know that one, I took it"

We haven't always gotten along (me starting to date their partner was.... complicated at first, emotionally), and it was still a bit awkward at times, but god. I knew polyamory was good because multiple partners is good, but the joy I felt at being able to gush about my love with someone who not only doesn't mind but also gets it. Unparalleled.

awwwwww, I love this!! 🥰

I totally feel the same way. It makes me downright giddy to get to discuss my partner with someone who gets to experience them the same way I do😁 All their little ticks stand out, and it makes loving them even sweeter, you know? And its not like most other people want to discuss why the person they're not dating is objectively the best person for whatever reason 😅