#polymisia

First of all - the idea that polyamory is a lifestyle choice comes from the fact that people don't understand ambiamory. Ambiamorous people are people who can be fulfilled by both monogamy and polyamory.

And just like how a greysexual person might identify as asexual because they fall under the acespec umbrella, an ambiamorous person might identify as polyamorous because they fall under the ethical non-monogamy umbrella.

People who are strictly polyamorous do not ever want monogamy, not in a long-term sense. They will settle for temporary monogamy, but that is not what brings them fulfillment.

Second of all - what marriage rights do polyamorous people have? What relationship rights do polyamorous people have? What adoption and familial rights do polyamorous people have? How many families would actually accept if their child came home and said they had multiple partners?

The fact that polyamorous relationship terms like metamour aren't even understood or recognized in queer spaces, despite the words being around for years

The fact that people have mocked an online friend of mine for having 3 parents (their mom and dad are married to eachother and have a third partner that they're both dating in a polyamorous relationship)

The fact that polyamorous relationships are scrutinized so much more heavily than monogamous ones, and minor disagreements in them (like arguing over what to eat for dinner or over where to go for dates) are treated as seriously as literal abuse would be in a monogamous relationship

This is mononormativity/polyphobia.

You aren't imagining it. I have experienced it first hand.

Polyamory is widely unincluded, erased, and demonized within queer spaces. Our terms are seen as unnecessary attempts to "fit in" with the community, and our language is viewed as something unimportant to learn because people do not believe polyamory will ever be something bigger and more normalized than it is now.

People treat having more than two parents as something negative, and view it as "your parents having a kink", because they cannot conceptualize that polyamory can be something deeper than simple hookups (and they view sexual promiscuity as a negative trait, which is an additional issue.)