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[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 years ago

I like this, but I don't like calling them affairs when everyone involved knows about it.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

I'm totally cool with polyamory and its variants, but this infographic definitely paints monoamory as a lesser choice which is cringe (it also says "idealized monoamory" instead of just monoamory which I don't get).

Don't judge other's choices, doesn't matter if their choice is polyamory or monoamory.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago

Egalitarian Polyamory working pretty well for me 😊

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

This post reeks of incel fantasy.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago

They are just people living their lives and doing it with consent, except for the cheating part, but that is just shitty behaviour.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Passive aggressively dismissive of standard relationships while fantasizing about having multiple interested partners.

Very much seems like someone's "sour grapes" attempt at explaining why they're alone.

i.e. "I don't have a SO because my views on relationships are incompatible with most, totally not because of my personality, or lack thereof."

Every dynamic depicted here is shown with positive labels and imagery except the normal monoamorous relationship. Monoamory is depicted as neglectful and harmful, and labeled "idealized" as if the idea is absurd or unattainable.

Hell, CHEATING is depicted with less negative imagery than monoamory.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (17 children)

Yeah, no. It doesn't read like that at all. All it reads like is "there are a bunch of relationship dynamics, and they're not all going to work equally well for everyone. Here's a handy overview!".

I could maaaaybe agree with using "idealized" monogamy, but I don't really agree because, in our society, monogamy IS idealized as the standard, and if you practice anything else, it's the weird thing. In that regard you could say it may be "attacking" monogamy, but I'd say it's simply pointing out that not everyone has to fall into the one relationship type that is most common.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Passive aggressively dismissive of standard relationships

Whose standard?

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