Beautifully put, thank you for sharing that. :-) I consider myself Poly even though I have never had more than one partner ever, let alone simultaneously, because of what you describe above. My feelings for a person are not impeded by my feelings for some one else and I want the people I care about to be happy even though I realise that they may find some of their happy with some one else.
I like that this means we don't have to be the other person's entire world. All to often I have seen people try change who they are in order to be everything their partner needs all of the time, but in the process losing the things that inspired their partner's love in the first place.
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Date: 2009-08-26 03:46 pm (UTC)I consider myself Poly even though I have never had more than one partner ever, let alone simultaneously, because of what you describe above. My feelings for a person are not impeded by my feelings for some one else and I want the people I care about to be happy even though I realise that they may find some of their happy with some one else.
I like that this means we don't have to be the other person's entire world. All to often I have seen people try change who they are in order to be everything their partner needs all of the time, but in the process losing the things that inspired their partner's love in the first place.