The blame lies squarely with Abrahamic religions and the role they have played throughout history. We may claim to be a secular nation, but the extent to which religious superstition and supposition influence our culture is far understated. Opinions people hold, be they religious or not, can be and often are shaped by the history of the Church. As soon as we can accept this fact and analyze just what it is that we have inherited and whether or not our inheritance is boon or bane, then we can move forward into a more just (and sane) future.
I agree. I would love to have a poly relationship. I think it would wonderful to have that kind of support and love. But I also know I am to insecure to deal with some of it. I have HUGE amount of respect for people that can make these relationships work.
me too. I sometimes like to think jealousy is this natural emotion but i think to a big degree its really learned. I was browsing poly sites and groups before writing this, and one article stuck to me, it was a poly mother talking about how her kids just dont understand jealousy. They watch movies about adultery or cheating and cant grasp why if in Couple A/B B strays from the relationship with C, why A isnt happy that B has more love... and that just blows my mind. how beautiful a statement i think. Of just seeing things in terms of love and support and not possession and ownership. i always say a relationship is only as good as its rules. and those rules vary from couple to couple. I just find it odd we think there is one, and one better set of rules we should all live by.
WOW! How wonderful. Could you send me the link to that article? I would love to read it. How nice it wound be to not understand jealousy. I can only hope that the openess I have with my boys will at some level convey this.
I had my first introduction to poly relationship at a very young age. I think I was 7 or 8. It was X-mas eve at my aunt. the movie "Summer Lovers" was on TV. It is a bad 70's flick with Daryl Hannah in Greece. But it always stuck with me. I remember the french girl saying to Daryl Hannah, quoting Margaret Mead, "Jealousy doesn't prove how much you love someone, just how insecure you are." That always stck with me. *hugs*
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I was browsing poly sites and groups before writing this, and one article stuck to me,
it was a poly mother talking about how her kids just dont understand jealousy. They watch movies about adultery or cheating and cant grasp why if in Couple A/B
B strays from the relationship with C, why A isnt happy that B has more love...
and that just blows my mind. how beautiful a statement i think. Of just seeing things in terms of love and support and not possession and ownership.
i always say a relationship is only as good as its rules. and those rules vary from couple to couple. I just find it odd we think there is one, and one better set of rules we should all live by.
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I had my first introduction to poly relationship at a very young age. I think I was 7 or 8. It was X-mas eve at my aunt. the movie "Summer Lovers" was on TV. It is a bad 70's flick with Daryl Hannah in Greece. But it always stuck with me. I remember the french girl saying to Daryl Hannah, quoting Margaret Mead, "Jealousy doesn't prove how much you love someone, just how insecure you are." That always stck with me. *hugs*
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http://www-personal.umich.edu/~dastony/polychild.html
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