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Yavin4

(35,446 posts)
Sat Aug 11, 2012, 06:48 PM Aug 2012

Polyamory Reality Show on ShowTime

Anyone watching this show? If so, what do you think?

The show is very trashy, pretty much soft-porn. However, it does raise an interesting point. Can poly amorous relationships work? Given the divorce rate, is monogamy really superior?

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ZombieHorde

(29,047 posts)
1. I have not seen the show, but I my wife and I may check it out.
Sat Aug 11, 2012, 07:29 PM
Aug 2012

We are not strictly monogamous, but we are not strictly polyamorous either.

Yavin4

(35,446 posts)
2. The Show is More Soft Porn Than Reality
Sat Aug 11, 2012, 07:44 PM
Aug 2012

Good soft porn, but that's besides the point. I think that most people are polyamorous. If you've had an affair or divorced someone because you became attracted to someone else, in a sense you're polyamorous.

ZombieHorde

(29,047 posts)
3. Oh, I was hoping it was more interviews, but I imagine the sex helps the ratings.
Sat Aug 11, 2012, 07:54 PM
Aug 2012

We allow each other to be with other people from time to time.

Yavin4

(35,446 posts)
4. They Do Interview the Participants and It Does Have Some Value
Sat Aug 11, 2012, 08:42 PM
Aug 2012

Sounds like you are more Lifestyle than Poly.

ZombieHorde

(29,047 posts)
5. Oh good. That makes me more excited for the show.
Sat Aug 11, 2012, 11:25 PM
Aug 2012

I guess, I don't really know the label for our marriage. I usually call it "pagan," even though we are both atheists.

 

Chan790

(20,176 posts)
7. There is actually a well-designed and thoughtful internet quiz to tell you what kind of poly you are
Sun Aug 12, 2012, 03:35 AM
Aug 2012
http://helloquizzy.okcupid.com/tests/the-polygon-test

...or for that matter if you're not a poly at-all. It's a work in progress according to the author (who isn't me), I will admit that it generally categorizes me one dimension off in one direction or another from where I know I am. In any case, I think the questions and results are insightful.

eShirl

(18,503 posts)
8. "Pagan" is not a synonym for "polyamorous."
Sun Aug 12, 2012, 05:55 AM
Aug 2012

I'm just kinda baffled that you, as athiests, would use that term.

Why not "Mormon" instead? (See how silly that is?)

ZombieHorde

(29,047 posts)
9. I sometimes use the term pagan, or pagan sexuality,
Sun Aug 12, 2012, 11:45 AM
Aug 2012

because I know a lot of pagan couples who are not strictly monogamous.

derby378

(30,252 posts)
10. There WAS a polyamorous relationship on DU a while back...
Sun Aug 12, 2012, 12:29 PM
Aug 2012

...but something tells me it didn't work out in the end. Hope the three who were involved are still doing okay.

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