[ SECRET POST #2343 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2343 ⌋

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Comments

[rapunzelita]

That's because that's not necessarily how poly works. It doesn't necessarily imply everyone sleeping with everyone, or moving together, or having a poly group. It just means everyone being open about what they want and need from their partner(s), it can also mean having an open relationship with a primary partner. It's not so much "oh you want to sleep with that other person? Yay let's all have an amazing orgy and never have anything go wrong!", but rather "Huh, you're attracted to someone else. Well, we can see how that goes, I suppose." Instead of it immediately being "OMG I am really attracted to Bill but I also love my husband Bob and I must choooose ANGST ANGST ANGST". (I remember a particularly annoying example I think in the first (?) season of the L Word, when the main, most stable couple ends up breaking up because one of them is really attracted to another woman and ends up sleeping with her. Otherwise their relationship was pretty ok, though of course it being the L Word it's all very dramatic. That's the kind of example in which even a discussion of the possibility of having an open relationship would have been welcome.)(Note, I saw this a very long time ago, but I don't remember there being much of a discussion. I may be wrong.)

Of course, adultery happens for a huge variety of reasons, and most of them are related to people being unhappy in a relationship; and some polyamorous relationships CAN be unhealthy and abusive. I'm not saying that it would solve everything to everyone's satisfaction all the time, but I do think it's an untapped resource for plot and drama that would add a bit of innovation to the old adultery trope.

(And as far as the huge chunk of people finding polyamory unappealing for themselves, I'm sure a huge chunk of the population would rather not be cheated on, either. I'm not saying it should be the solution each time, just that it would be interesting to see at least some TV shows explore it. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Just like everything else.)