miss_s_b: Poly on the Radio

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miss_s_b) wrote,
@ 2010-02-15 04:25 pm UTC

Current mood:	contemplative
Entry tags:	polls, poly, relationship issues

Poly on the Radio

Today's Beyond Belief is talking about poly relationships, and the interview with the poly guy was quite interesting. He didn't make enough of communication for my liking, but he did ok. Unfortunately, they are having a post match discussion and the monogamous Christian guy is making me want to scream and throw things at the radio with his level of Not Getting It. He is going on about how broken promises hurt people and things, and ignoring the fact that in a poly relationship you don't make promises of monogamy by definition. The wanker. There's a very reasonable woman called Lisa who is cheering me up, though.

Anyway, this brings me to a poll:

Poll #2290

Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: Just the Poll Creator, participants: 32

Is it possible for a person to love more than one person deeply enough to want to spend the rest of their life with them (whether or not you personally could do it)?

Yes
28 (87.5%)

No
0 (0.0%)

Maybe/Don't Know
4 (12.5%)

Marriage should be

Between one man and one woman, for life.
0 (0.0%)

Between any two (previously uncommitted or divorced) people who want to commit to each other, for life
3 (11.1%)

Between any number of people who want to commit to each other, for life
6 (22.2%)

Between one man and one woman, for as long as it lasts
0 (0.0%)

Between any two (previously uncommitted or divorced) people who want to commit to each other, for as long as it lasts
0 (0.0%)

Between any number of people who want to commit to each other, for as long as it lasts.
18 (66.7%)

The state should

Legislate on Marriage, because what happens in people's private relationships affects all of society
4 (13.3%)

Butt out of relationships between consenting adults; as long as there is no coercion, it's nobody's business but the participants.
26 (86.7%)

This poll is faulty!

It should have more ticky boxes
14 (56.0%)

You've worded the questions all wrong!
8 (32.0%)

I can't see how other people have voted and I want to be nosey!
8 (32.0%)

Something else which I will detail at great, mansplanatory length in the comments
3 (12.0%)

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matgb
2010-02-16 01:25 pm UTC (link)

Seems to me that most marriages fail anyway

Actually, not true.

Most first marriages are fairly succesful. The problem is that those that fail and get divorced have a tendency to try again, and then get divorced, inflating the divorce statistics to make it look like a lot of marriages fail.

Last I looked at an analysis of the stats, 5/6^ths of first marriages end naturally (ie with the death of one or other partner).

How many of them are "happy" marriages wasn't covered, but I'd guess the majority TBH.

It's those damned serial monogamists that cause all the problems.

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	no subject pmoodie 2010-02-16 01:58 pm UTC (link)
	That surprises me, I must say. I wonder how the stats break down if you look at different age-groups. I'll bet it's the older couples that mostly stick together. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

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