You do realize that 2 guys with one girl isn't the only dynamic that exists there? Though out of poly relationships I've seen, besides simply travelling and keeping your women geographically isolated it is pretty stable.
Oh shit, that's got to hurt a lot :( I figured there were other people on here who had experiences there, positive or negative, but like most cases highly unlikely to run into many people who are in/have been in a long term one. I hope they and their family are alright, even if they did just lose a member of it.
No. If I were to have a girlfriend,... I want her to be romantically dedicated to me & me alone. That's it. I would prefer to have my cake & eat it too. Not have my cake & share it with the rest of the guys.
Never. I don't share my girl, with anyone. I'm old school, a relationship is her and me, and no one else. If I, alone, am not enough for her, then we'll part way and she'll be free to do whatever she wants.
I can't argue with any of that, it is true, except the idealism gets hammered out pretty quickly. It's something I had never considered until it was offered to me, then the attention and joy were simply sublime, and something I couldn't let go of. When she left, I immediately started searching for someone else. Did not take long, but it is certainly to be more pleasurable, selfish... that's debatable.
You get more pleasure from giving more, ultimately you get more back, and more desire to be given attention and material rewards by putting that attention and care in. It works the same way in monogamous relationships.
I here that, the dating pool gets smaller, the kids come along, when it isn't so much trouble and things calm down some maybe I'll try putting some effort out there again lol
I would like to find a woman with the possibility of a LTR myself. My experiences so far make me think that's unlikely, but I'm stubborn and have a dream lol
Ahh, well, I'm married to my wife, and for all the equality movements, she'd be charged with bigamy if she married both of us... Jesus, this is a record. Within a 24 hour period I have not started chasing 2 unicorns like a caveman seeing a deer lol
What you want is either fairly difficult, or fairly easy to obtain depending. If you're willing to get with another couple, as easy as picking up a penny off the sidewalk when 15 people are throwing rolls of them at your feet. If it's having a marriage to another woman first, hmm, from my admittedly limited knowledge of lesbian/bi relationships exclusively between women, most of the time one woman is well, more gay than the other.
Sorry, I don't know any nice way to phrase that :/ I've slept with a few lesbians, but more lesbian couples where one partner was very obviously not into it. I'm not trying to rain on your parade at all, and that is just my experience, and limited to me, not other women or what not.
Yes I have, in a couple relationships I had. Generally it meant I needed to spend more one on one time with them. Prioritize who's most upset first, take them out for ice cream, go from there. If that doesn't work, dig deeper, could be insecurity, or them arguing over something they don't want me to know about.
I'm sorry to hear that, and something I say to anyone interested in the dynamic. It isn't all sunshine and roses. I can't imagine the confusion and pain you went through being faced with that. Hopefully that made the divorce go more easily though, I'm not trying to belittle your marriage, but regardless of poly, she threw it out. That's pretty jacked up.
One weiner is not enough for her nowadays and also do tell people don't get marry in your very late teens because in your 20s that's the time you want to figure out on what to do for your life. She has the boys from Tuesdays through Thursdays because on the weekends thats her ✌️ quality times ✌️ with her husbands and I have the boys most of time. Also it's life but my boys are the best I ever had 💙💙
Well, in your case you would be a unicorn, so it wouldn't be difficult for you to find or line up. They are pretty fun, if a little awkward in positioning. On my end I always hoped another LTR would be able to come about, but as that hasn't happened over the last... 9 or 10 years? Maybe 4 years of that being putting forth a lot of effort to that end.
So I doubt my fantasy will happen, while yours is more realistic.
@stargazeraug1989 You can't legally marry more than one person in the US due to Bigamy laws @Kelly6 Is it long term? I've always been curious about that. The only guys I knew who had long term stable poly relationships kept families in different states and, well, for lack of a better term, rotated with his job. Then he retired and just rotated. If I remember right it was like 4 families.
Getting past that jealousy and puppy love step to LTR is the biggest obstacle I'm curious about, and people who have overcome it. The geographic isolation solution is not at all appealing to me.
I'm sorry, not trying to be pushy, but I am curious if you do have another partner LTR, dynamics that "work" with that are rare, and it intrigues me as there's a lot I could learn there.
Again, if I'm being too pushy, or asking anything too personal, I apologize.
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No. And I’m not a cuck so I wouldn’t ever be in one.
You do realize that 2 guys with one girl isn't the only dynamic that exists there? Though out of poly relationships I've seen, besides simply travelling and keeping your women geographically isolated it is pretty stable.
I have been in one before and I didn't mind it but I don't wanna do it again
I respect that, a lot of women my wife and I dated said about the same, first time trying... last time trying lol
yea it was tiresome
It's a sound historical model. Can work well for people with their priorities and attitudes straight.
It works today, but only when what you wrote in your second sentence holds up.
There was a Poly Trio on GAG that were together for a lot of years but I recently seen her post that one of them recently died in a accident.
Oh shit, that's got to hurt a lot :( I figured there were other people on here who had experiences there, positive or negative, but like most cases highly unlikely to run into many people who are in/have been in a long term one. I hope they and their family are alright, even if they did just lose a member of it.
I wish there was something other than like or dislike...
No. If I were to have a girlfriend,... I want her to be romantically dedicated to me & me alone. That's it. I would prefer to have my cake & eat it too. Not have my cake & share it with the rest of the guys.
Never. I don't share my girl, with anyone. I'm old school, a relationship is her and me, and no one else.
If I, alone, am not enough for her, then we'll part way and she'll be free to do whatever she wants.
Its over idealistic and it reeks of egoism/selfishness
I can't argue with any of that, it is true, except the idealism gets hammered out pretty quickly. It's something I had never considered until it was offered to me, then the attention and joy were simply sublime, and something I couldn't let go of. When she left, I immediately started searching for someone else. Did not take long, but it is certainly to be more pleasurable, selfish... that's debatable.
You get more pleasure from giving more, ultimately you get more back, and more desire to be given attention and material rewards by putting that attention and care in. It works the same way in monogamous relationships.
I am in one, we ain't making much use of it, of course.
I here that, the dating pool gets smaller, the kids come along, when it isn't so much trouble and things calm down some maybe I'll try putting some effort out there again lol
Nah, I ain't pulling any effort outside of the relationship, if there's anything, then there's a thing.
Yes I have I wouldn't mind being in a relationship with a woman and another man.
I would like to find a woman with the possibility of a LTR myself. My experiences so far make me think that's unlikely, but I'm stubborn and have a dream lol
What's the shape of your dream?
I would be in a relationship with another man while having a wife since I am bisexual
Ahh, well, I'm married to my wife, and for all the equality movements, she'd be charged with bigamy if she married both of us... Jesus, this is a record. Within a 24 hour period I have not started chasing 2 unicorns like a caveman seeing a deer lol
What you want is either fairly difficult, or fairly easy to obtain depending. If you're willing to get with another couple, as easy as picking up a penny off the sidewalk when 15 people are throwing rolls of them at your feet. If it's having a marriage to another woman first, hmm, from my admittedly limited knowledge of lesbian/bi relationships exclusively between women, most of the time one woman is well, more gay than the other.
Sorry, I don't know any nice way to phrase that :/ I've slept with a few lesbians, but more lesbian couples where one partner was very obviously not into it. I'm not trying to rain on your parade at all, and that is just my experience, and limited to me, not other women or what not.
Yes and it takes a lot of work and commitment, same as monogamous relationships.
I'd say more work from my experiences.
No. Have you ever dealt with two people in a bad mood? I'm perfectly content with one.
Yes I have, in a couple relationships I had. Generally it meant I needed to spend more one on one time with them. Prioritize who's most upset first, take them out for ice cream, go from there. If that doesn't work, dig deeper, could be insecurity, or them arguing over something they don't want me to know about.
Respect
My ex wife left me for MFM polyamory marriage. She now has hubby No. 1 and hubby No. 2
I'm sorry to hear that, and something I say to anyone interested in the dynamic. It isn't all sunshine and roses. I can't imagine the confusion and pain you went through being faced with that. Hopefully that made the divorce go more easily though, I'm not trying to belittle your marriage, but regardless of poly, she threw it out. That's pretty jacked up.
One weiner is not enough for her nowadays and also do tell people don't get marry in your very late teens because in your 20s that's the time you want to figure out on what to do for your life. She has the boys from Tuesdays through Thursdays because on the weekends thats her ✌️ quality times ✌️ with her husbands and I have the boys most of time. Also it's life but my boys are the best I ever had 💙💙
No, there's no point, it ruins the entire point of a relationship lol, id rather be forever single than have multiple partners
No all I want is threesomes
Are you saying that the poly dynamic opens up to more people, or that it's the relationship part you don't like?
I don't like the relationship part
Well, in your case you would be a unicorn, so it wouldn't be difficult for you to find or line up. They are pretty fun, if a little awkward in positioning. On my end I always hoped another LTR would be able to come about, but as that hasn't happened over the last... 9 or 10 years? Maybe 4 years of that being putting forth a lot of effort to that end.
So I doubt my fantasy will happen, while yours is more realistic.
What is LTR?
Long term relationship
Not my type of fun. One person is more than enough for me.
I'm in one. It's really great. <3 :*
I'm glad to hear that, if you don't mind me asking, how long have y'all been together?
I'm open to it. I'm pansexual, so I'd want it to be a bi or pan relationship. I'd be open to it being another guy or woman.
Nah. I'd be jealous. Plus I rarely get to date, so I ain't sharing lol.
Yes and I am in poly relationship
Are all of you married?
@stargazeraug1989 You can't legally marry more than one person in the US due to Bigamy laws
@Kelly6 Is it long term? I've always been curious about that. The only guys I knew who had long term stable poly relationships kept families in different states and, well, for lack of a better term, rotated with his job. Then he retired and just rotated. If I remember right it was like 4 families.
Getting past that jealousy and puppy love step to LTR is the biggest obstacle I'm curious about, and people who have overcome it. The geographic isolation solution is not at all appealing to me.
No not all are married
I'm sorry, not trying to be pushy, but I am curious if you do have another partner LTR, dynamics that "work" with that are rare, and it intrigues me as there's a lot I could learn there.
Again, if I'm being too pushy, or asking anything too personal, I apologize.
I have not, nor do I plan to
I get that JJ, you're still looking for that special someone, correct? Or am I remembering wrong?
This thread has so much to keep track of now lol
I am 😊