Interesting. Perhaps poly will not be scorned as much if it is platonic. When it involves sex, there are often consequences that might be detrimental to society as a whole.

A lot of people in poly relationships get a lot of shit for being “greedy” or “not knowing what we want”, or “cheating”, or are accused of “banging anything that walks” but those are rarely true, and certainly not in my case.

Ok. I will be interested in what is true in your own case. First, I think your analogy of poly with your kids is faulty because you are not sexually involved with them. Do you equate love to be sex and vice versa? What exactly do you derive from being poly?

The truth is, a large percentage of humans like varieties when it comes to sex. Many are just keeping their beasts in check. Unless sex is removed from poly, many will continue to look down on those practicing it as sexually uncontented lots.