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Divisions in polyamory
Jul. 14th, 2006 07:49 pmWhen talking about poly stuff, a lot of people like to slot their relationship styles into little boxes: triad, quad, poly-fi, network, polygamy, One Big Happy Family, primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary (j/k!)... blah, blah, blah.
Really, I think there are two categories that count: the puppy-pile polys - those whose aim in life to end up in a big snuggly puppy pile with all their lovely partners - and those who aren't. That's not say that never the twain shall meet; my OGF is pretty much a PPP, while I and the CDL are not. But yep, I think that really is the most fundamental division in poly styles. :-)
Anyone else? Heh.
While I'm on the topic, I'd like to pimp a new Yahoo group for all the Australian poly-type people out there. (It may not be on Yahoo forever, but that's where it's starting). My OGF has started a group called polyamoryaustralia, which has been up and running a couple of months, and has had some decent discussion going on lately.
A few PolyOz (that was a mailing list that I had the shortest ever sub to - 10 days?) types tried to bring some old business across, and they were promptly squelched. A few of them have even stayed around to post about polyamory. So, that should indicate a different kind of culture there. The Melbourne and Sydney poly social groups organise their regular meets on the list, and the OGF is in the process of organising something similar for here in Canberra.
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Really, I think there are two categories that count: the puppy-pile polys - those whose aim in life to end up in a big snuggly puppy pile with all their lovely partners - and those who aren't. That's not say that never the twain shall meet; my OGF is pretty much a PPP, while I and the CDL are not. But yep, I think that really is the most fundamental division in poly styles. :-)
Anyone else? Heh.
While I'm on the topic, I'd like to pimp a new Yahoo group for all the Australian poly-type people out there. (It may not be on Yahoo forever, but that's where it's starting). My OGF has started a group called polyamoryaustralia, which has been up and running a couple of months, and has had some decent discussion going on lately.
A few PolyOz (that was a mailing list that I had the shortest ever sub to - 10 days?) types tried to bring some old business across, and they were promptly squelched. A few of them have even stayed around to post about polyamory. So, that should indicate a different kind of culture there. The Melbourne and Sydney poly social groups organise their regular meets on the list, and the OGF is in the process of organising something similar for here in Canberra.
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