Poly problems #7
When you try to explain why you’re in more than one relationship, and the majority of people don’t even seem to try to understand.
Usually, this tends to be followed up with, “so you’re a polygamist, right?”
Poly problems #6
When they all love you and you love all of them…but they hate each other to the point where they can’t be in a room together. Not jealousy, just personality clashes. Just because we’re all poly doesn’t mean we instantly fall in love with all other poly people.
Poly problems #5
Being jealous of your girlfriend’s boyfriend, and kind of having a crush on him too…
Anonymous asked: Do the submitted problems *have* to be very general or can they also be really specific/personal?
They can be specific and personal too! I’d like this to be a space for poly people to connect with each other and to help each other as well as a space for “ahhh, I relate to that” posts.
Poly problems #4
Bisexual; polyamorous; woman in a loving triad relationship with a woman and a man.
From straight people: “It’s because you’re bisexual, right?”
From other bi people: “You’re reinforcing stereotypes!”
And yet it’s considered bad manners to shout at everyone, “I AM NOT PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGING YOUR STEREOTYPES.”
Poly problems #3
On dating sites nobody responds to your messages because you have it listed that you’re seeing one or two people.
Poly problems #2
When one of your partners lets you know that they’re worried you’re polyamorous because they’re not good enough, and then you feel kind of guilty for being who you are.
(And then you feel bad for feeling bad for centreing yourself when you should be explaining how each partner is special and has a different place in your heart)
Hello! Welcome to polyamouryproblems,
A blog for polyamourous people to submit (anonymously or not) their problems to do with/ around being polyamourous so that others can help/sympathise.
You should SUBMIT and/or SEND SOME MESSAGES and/or SPREAD THE WORD
Poly problems #1
Meeting someone dateable and then meeting someone else dateable the very same night.
Bring up polyamoury and risk scaring them away with being too full-on too quickly, or don’t bring it up and risk making them feel strung-along or misled?
