Jealousy Management

[c9]

Fascinating article on polyamory.

Let's assume your relationship is a refrigerator. One day, a problem arises in your relationship--the refrigerator quits working. You walk into your kitchen, there's a puddle on the floor, and all your frozen pizzas and ice cream are a gooey mass in the bottom of the freezer. There are a few things you can do at this point, once you've mopped up the mess and scraped the remains of last night's lunch out of the fridge. One solution is to fix the refrigerator; another is to replace it. A third solution is to leave the refrigerator exactly where it is and change your life around the problem--"From this day forward, I will bring no frozen or refrigerated foods into this house." - http://ping.fm/dBTNc

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[thespos]

I have a great stainless steel fridge with a huge freezer on the bottom. It's awesome. :-P

I did go back and read the entire article. The author has an interesting take on the whole hypothetical situation he puts forth, and I could relate to a lot of it - but I still believe polyamory would be hard for me, personally. I tend to be an intense person in the one-on-one, even in close friendships, but I don't have an issue with it as a concept for other people - as long as everyone is happy.

I've always been intrigued by the idea of a triad relationship - but I think that is the closest to polyamory I could get.