Its morons like this who have no idea what poly is, nor should the be in a relationship at all. This is a snippet of a conversation of a friend of mine had with an RP friend of his, minus their full screennames:
[20:23] Loki: damn ok babe np
[20:23] Loki: umm can i ask soemthing?
[20:24] Loki: is my partner supposed to know about us or dont it matter?
[20:25] Lucia: well personally I don’t believe in lying to the person you’re with. I wasn’t aware you were partnered with someone. I can’t get profiles to load for me.
[20:25] Loki: oh…
[20:26] Loki: well she dont know
[20:26] Loki: and she’d have a fit if she did
[20:26] Lucia: That’s not fair to her at all.
[20:27] Loki: oh…
[20:27] Loki: so do you want to end it then?
[20:28] Lucia: yeah. I’m not going to do that to someone else. The rp stuff is fine, but I’m not going to help with cheating. It’s not right to her. Keep in mind that doesn’t mean I want us to stop being friends.
[20:28] Loki: you do it with 3 guys!
[20:29] Lucia: that’s different from cheating.
[20:29] Loki: how is it??
[20:30] Loki: its exactly the same
[20:30] Lucia: numbers don’t matter.
[20:30] Lucia: cheating is deceptive
[20:30] Lucia: you’re lying to her and hiding things from her.
[20:30] Lucia: that’s where the difference is.
[20:30] Loki: paint it up how ever then……
[20:33] Lucia: polyamory and cheating are two different things. cheating implies a lack of respect. you are ‘cheating’ because you are lying and covering things up instead of being forthright with her. And that’s not fair to her or to yourself. if you aren’t the kind of person who can settle for just one girl then tell her that.
[20:33] Lucia: otherwise your cheating yourself as well.
[20:34] Loki: im not lying because i havent told her….
[20:35] Lucia: then you are hiding from her which is still deceptive.
[20:35] Loki: riiight…….
[20:36] Lucia: you said yourself she doesn’t know. and that if she did she’d pitch a fit. making that kind of omission is decpetive and if she found out would be hurt and betrayed.
[20:37] Loki: right i aint kickin up a drama about it
[20:37] Loki: you wanna end it thene nd it
[20:38] Lucia: I’m not trying to start drama. I’m trying to tell you that you should be honest with her. I’m not going to be the secret fling.
[20:38] Loki: says the girl with 3 guys
[20:39] Lucia: two now. and both of them know about the other. and my husband gave me his okay before I asked the other guy out.
[20:39] Lucia: I did not cheat.
