I do find it easier to come out to straight people as poly than being a dyke, because the consequences aren't so dire (I don't have children who could be taken away from me). But I was reading something just today when some grandchildren discovered their grandparents had been in an open marriage for 60 years, but no-one knew until the grandmother finally passed away and they read her journals. So maybe they were the "swinger" type, and didn't have long-term SOs, but how are you going to get all of your relationships appropriately acknowledged if you are constantly living in stealth mode? (Which is easier to do if you're poly, assuming you live with one or none of your partners)
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Date: 2010-07-10 12:02 pm (UTC)I do find it easier to come out to straight people as poly than being a dyke, because the consequences aren't so dire (I don't have children who could be taken away from me). But I was reading something just today when some grandchildren discovered their grandparents had been in an open marriage for 60 years, but no-one knew until the grandmother finally passed away and they read her journals. So maybe they were the "swinger" type, and didn't have long-term SOs, but how are you going to get all of your relationships appropriately acknowledged if you are constantly living in stealth mode? (Which is easier to do if you're poly, assuming you live with one or none of your partners)