I remember the first time I found out gay people existed.
I was 6 or 7. I didn't know much about them, except that I had an aunt who was gay and lived with her girlfriend.
My mother told me how they couldn't get married because it was illegal. Mom was an old-fashioned lady though, and was appalled that they even wanted to get married. In her words, "How would that even work anyway? They're both WOMEN?!" ๐
Being gay was scandalous back then. And gay marriage was illegal as well. (It's still illegal in many places, unfortunately.)
Anyway, gay marriages are quite normal now. People are proud to be gay, bisexual, queer, pan, etc., and have no problem telling others. I'm queer and I love it, and my parents don't care now.
But...
They don't know I'm 'poly.'
I'm pretty sure they would NOT like that. They wouldn't understand.
Because poly is now the new scandalous thing to be.
๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ง ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง, ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ญ ๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐. โฃโฃโฃ
"What? You have intimate relationships with multiple people?"
Yes. Yes, I do.
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โฃA lot of people in poly relationships get a lot of shit for being โgreedyโ or โnot knowing what we wantโ, or โcheatingโ, or are accused of โbanging anything that walksโ but those are rarely true, and certainly not in my case.
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โฃIf people bothered to do their research, they'd find that most poly people are in committed, loyal, loving relationships.
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โฃThereโs nothing wrong with loving more than one person.
We were made to love lots of people. I have 3 kids and I donโt love one more than the others (ok I might lean towards one a little more cuz she helps out, isn't rude, and is such a joy lolโฆ but the love is equal!!!)
๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ง'๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐. ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฅ๐ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ.โฃโฃ
So my question is: If gay marriage has finally been accepted and is fairly common now, how long do you think it will take for poly marriages to become accepted and common too?
Do you think it's the next new thing to become normalized, like I do?
~Love, Cyn
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