It seems to me like polyamory is for people who are *especially* interested in commitments and want to have more of them while casual sex is for people who are not interested in commitment.
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“ethically in full support of but intuitively against”, what do u mean? I think polygamy should be legal, but I morally oppose it. Human nature supports monogamy. Infedelity in the long run creates distrust
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I think it is morally acceptable if all parties are consenting. So it is not infidelity. Humans are vertically polygamous. I just don't think it sounds very appealing.
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I know that polyamory helped our species survive and grow in numbers in the past, but I discourage it. Again I don’t polyamory should be illegal. “Vertically polyamorous”? I don’t know where u lean politically, but I’m pretty sure ur not a conservative lol
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Vertically polygamous. Also known as serially monogamous. Human nature is set up for series of relationships.
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“Serially monogamous”, uh still not clear what “vertically polygamous” means. Is there such a thing “horizontally polygamous”? I disagree w/ ur human nature statement. Sounds blank slate-ish. While I was never polyamorous, I was in2 dat “friends w/ benefits” stuff.
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Its the same as vertically polygamous. Horizontal polygamy is having multiple partners at the same time. No, blank slatism denies a human nature. This is where I heard human sexuality described as vertically polygamous.https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Non-fiction/The-Modern-Scholar-Evolutionary-Psychology-I-Audiobook/B004EXK77U?ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1&pf_rd_p=c6e316b8-14da-418d-8f91-b3cad83c5183&pf_rd_r=ASFSG1XFJG9EJJ3X9MVQ& …
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And vertical polygamy means multiple partners at different times? Like how ppl date, breakup, and date someone new? Didn’t realize ur from the UK. I should have looked at ur bio before. Ur bio also says “humanist liberal”, so I guess that means ur a left-liberal right?
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Yes, like that. Yes, I am a liberal leftie. See pinned tweet.
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Swinging is different than poly. You don’t need to bring people into your real life to have amazing sex with them I think this is a mistake a lot of people make. From my experience poly couples have relationship issues because they’re looking for something they don’t get at

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A former partner and I very very briefly flirted with polyamory. It's an ugly subculture with some really fucked up counterintuitive manipualtive politics. It has a lot in common with SJWism, IMO.
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I’ve observed a lot of that as well. When you make your sexuality your “identity” you start taking it personal. There should be more to a person besides what they do with their fun bits.
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I would suggest sexuality had no place in ones public persona.
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Indeed—it should stay in one’s pubic persona.
#dadjokes
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I'm with you. Forging and nurturing true intimacy, vulnerability, and reciprocal support with one other human being is a heavy lift as it is. Can't imagine trying to do that with *multiple* other people and still having time and space for hobbies and/or intellectual pursuits
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Polyamory is contentious now because of the modern conflation of love, sex, emotional intimacy, familial support & reproduction. Historically and cross culturally these things weren’t all the same. Polyamory (& CNM) attempts to separate them, for those who choose to.
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