Billege - you've made a lot of valid points as well as some keen observations regarding the kind of participation we've seen in this thread. I wonder, though, if you're conflating something somewhere in the responses from people in decidedly monogamous situations who are not opposed to polyamory. I don't find it suspicious that so many people would say, "Sure, I think that exists and that it could work well for some people, but not for me." Not everybody is suited to polyamory but that doesn't mean people who aren't suited for it can't say that it's something that exists and that they can see favorably despite their lack of participation. That's sort of how most straight people who aren't utter homophobes treat homosexuality, is it not?
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