http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agLGiMBqbPE
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" <richard@...> wrote: > > > > turquoiseb: > > Since I'm having fun rapping about this subject, and > > because I suspect it'll push a few buttons here ( and > > you know how I love that :-), > > > So, it's all about sex, Uncle Tantra. LoL! > > > I'll continue to use up > > my posts for this week early before heading into > > Amsterdam for the day. > > > > In retrospect my made-up word "monogamaphobes" was > > ill-considered, and probably should have been something > > like "polyamoraphobes." I *have* met a few monogamaphobes > > among my extended family's polyamorous friends -- those > > who look down on monogamy as much as monogamists look > > down on polyamory -- but I have very little tolerance > > for them, as do my housemates. We're more of the > > "different strokes for different folks" and "live and > > let live" persuasion. > > > > Why this whole polyamory thing appeals to me is the some- > > what remarkable degrees of *honesty* I've found in some > > people who practice it. That and the lack of one of the > > afflictive emotions, jealousy. They tend to believe that > > requiring a romantic partner to "love only them" makes > > as little sense as feeling that one cannot love one's > > parents or friends if one has a wife or husband. (Or, > > obviously, that one cannot love one's primary spiritual > > teacher if one visits others.) That's just "love as > > property" thinking. Icky. Low vibe. > > > > Most of the sad history of planet Earth has been the > > result of people raised by nuclear monogamous families. > > That doesn't seem to me to be a great commercial for > > the concept. :-) > > >
