For some people the hat fits. I don't mind that, especially if it is a very awesome hat and they like it.
From a biology perspective, polygamy and cheating and sleeping around is a way to genetically diversify your offspring. But emotions stuff things up, so yeah, jealously happens. I'd personally be a bit hurt rather than jealous if a previously devoted guy ditched me, but then I'd console myself that I wasn't the genetic material he was looking for. If I was able to keep rational about it... (Strangely though, all the polyamorous articles I've read place a very high importance on telling the truth, being honest and sharing. It appears to work and looks as if expecting imbalance between three people is better than expecting balance between two.)
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Date: 2009-05-23 02:48 am (UTC)From a biology perspective, polygamy and cheating and sleeping around is a way to genetically diversify your offspring.
But emotions stuff things up, so yeah, jealously happens.
I'd personally be a bit hurt rather than jealous if a previously devoted guy ditched me, but then I'd console myself that I wasn't the genetic material he was looking for. If I was able to keep rational about it...
(Strangely though, all the polyamorous articles I've read place a very high importance on telling the truth, being honest and sharing. It appears to work and looks as if expecting imbalance between three people is better than expecting balance between two.)