Re: [UUPoly-L] Identity Polytics.

["David Hall" <airsafe1@comcast.net>]

As a self-proclaimed Itinerant Polyamorist (as in many LDRs over the years)
I've used the term for a long time. As for monogamy, as I age with my
darling wife, we have always agreed that if no one else wants us, mono is a
fine default condition for us. 

Word play can be fun.

Dave Hall

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Anita Wagner
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> 
>   Polyamorist is a natural way to refer to we who are not monogamists.
> Monogamist is a very common term, at least in my observation

<grin>  This may reflect the circles you hang out in, which is *highly*
activist and political (though not partisan.  And I appreciate all the good
work that you do, Anita-- I'm glad you're out there for all of us.

OTOH, I would be unlikely to use the term monogamist, for the same reason I
would rarely use "polyamorist"-- the implication would be that it was
someone who was *committed* to a particular viewpoint, and it sets up an
"us-against-them" context, which I try to avoid.

I know folks who are currently monogamous, and others who are currently
poly, and I acknowledge that this could shift without notice for anyone.  

Why, monogamy has even crossed my mind for *very* brief moments!  ;-)

Michael Rios

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