Re: [UUPoly-L] definitions; A NEW WORD NEEDED

[polyfi@comcast.net]

The old poly  "standby" is to call your boyfriends, or girlfriends your SPICE.  Instead of Spouse, you have Spice.
The word "couple" refers to just two.  Otherwise, in polyamory, you may have a Triad (3), or Quad (4), Pent(5), forget what six would be, lol.  
Many people object to being either "primary" or secondary, but I guess you could say, my "secondary spice", or my "primary spice", in deciding what level your relationship may have reached with different people.  Just my opinon on this, any one else's would probably also work.
Dave


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From: "Brigitte Fires" <brigittefires@gmail.com> 

> because household refers to my (in this case, theoretical) children too. And 
> my pets. When I speak of the relationship I have with my husbands/boyfriends 
> and wives/girlfriends, or when others speak of us, there could/should be 
> other words available, similar to "couple". 
> 
> What if there were a "couples" event that I wanted to take all of my 
> partners to? What could they call it instead, to include those in 
> relationships that don't equal 2 people? 
> 
> On 5/19/07, wabaldwin@aol.com wrote: 
> > 
> > Or why not just use "household"? 
> > 
> > Bill 
> > 
> > 
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