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Re: Polyamory
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Date: 
Thu, 14 Dec 2000 22:16:07 GMT
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Lorbaat wrote:

> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Tom Stangl writes:
> > Lorbaat wrote:
> 
> > > Yes, stupid blue laws still on the books can be amusing.
> > 
> > They're not amusing when you are the one being prosecuted.  Many of the
> > stories in
> > there aren't "look at this stupid law noone enforces", they are "I can't
> > believe
> > they ARE enforcing this law on Mr/Mrs. X".
> 
> So, as I said, it shouldn't be too hard for you to whip out a Playboy and cite
> a case example.

Except that I have NO idea where they are - they're buried in with millions of car
mags.  I don't put them on an altar or anything.


> > > > I HAVE had those
> > > > strong feelings for 2 people at once before.
> > > 
> > > Really?  And did you pursue it?  What happened, in the end?
> > 
> > I married one.  If polygamy were legal, who knows, I might have married BOTH.
> 
> OK, so you married one.  What was keeping you from carrying on a relationship
> with both after that?  What was keeping you from marrying neither and carrying
> on a relationship with both, for that matter?

Good question.  At the time, personal choice.  I grew away from the other woman.
I can tell you that IF polygamy were legal and IF I had married her, I would have
worked it out - I don't consider divorce an option, personally.

But that was in college anyways, I was less mature then.


--
| Tom Stangl, Technical Support          Netscape Communications Corp
|      Please do not associate my personal views with my employer



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  Re: Polyamory
 
(...) Heh! No, I wasn't suggesting that you did. But still, saying "there have been cases! Really!" Doesn't cut it. Or, to put it another way, "I read in the Boston Globe once that a guy got arrested for painting his house green! He was convicted (...) (26 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Polyamory
 
(...) So, as I said, it shouldn't be too hard for you to whip out a Playboy and cite a case example. (...) OK, so you married one. What was keeping you from carrying on a relationship with both after that? What was keeping you from marrying neither (...) (26 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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