Communication is a huge factor in most polyamorous relationships anyway, (why wait until February 14th to tell all the special people in your life that they're special?) but Valentines Day can be a tricky one. I've collected some of the best personal problems and advantages of Polytines Day.
Let's start with the advantages:
1. You get to celebrate more than once, with different people in different ways.
2. Your partners know you in different ways and you have different things in common. One of them doesn't like prawns? (NOTE: I have a huge phobia of prawns) Don't stress it, you'll be able to go to your favourite seafood restaurant with another partner.
3. If you're in a triad or a quad and this means shared responsibility. Two heads are better than one, and this comes in handy when deciding on the other partners' present.
4. That married couple you've been dating have celebrated many Valentines Days together and now that you're in the picture they're both happy to have someone else to treat on Valentines Day. Woo hoo!
5. Your poly family gathering means that this celebration is more like Christmas! But better, Christmas with more sex.
6. The fact that you believe Valentines Day is a capitalist construct which attempts to claim human emotion and sell it back to consumers in order to validate love, doesn't matter, because your primary has a new partner that they are dying to spend the evening with.
7. You've been having a sexual relationship with one person and a romantic relationship with another you get to spend time with them both.
8. More partners= more chance one of them will be able to cook and more chance that one of them will enjoy your favourite album (The Moldy Peaches)
9. More sex. More people to send cards to!
10. Less monogamous drama!! It's easy come easy go. (Puns intended)
Now the disadvantages:
1. You'd think you'd get to celebrate more than once, but you just end up sacking someone off for the night.
2. Your new partner surprises you with a visit to their favourite seafood restaurant (they don't know about your massive phobia of prawns). Panic attacks are sexy, right?
3. You're in a triad or a quad and so today means you're now skint for the rest of February. Thanks capitalism.
4. That married couple you've been dating have been invited to a couples' dinner party, it's a tradition with friends and now you're stuck at home, listening to your housemate intermittently cry and wank.
5. Your poly family gathering turns out more like Christmas than you could imagine, in an argument.
6. Fucking brilliant, your only partner at the moment believes Valentines Day is a capitalist construct which attempts to claim human emotion and sell it back to consumers in order to validate love.
7. You've been having a sexual relationship with one person and a romantic relationship with another. They live at opposite ends of the country.
8. The sad truth is that no one but me likes The Moldy Peaches album and I will always overcook the vegetables.
9. You will get thrush from all the sex. And paying the postage on the Valentines cards you sent out will mean you can't afford thrush cream.
10. As a romantic gesture your partner's partner travelled up to see them! They brought flowers! You're so touched by this gesture you decide to let them have the night together and eat the romantic (although slightly overcooked) meal you made for the two of you. Ahhh the things we do for our many loves!
Let's start with the advantages:
1. You get to celebrate more than once, with different people in different ways.
2. Your partners know you in different ways and you have different things in common. One of them doesn't like prawns? (NOTE: I have a huge phobia of prawns) Don't stress it, you'll be able to go to your favourite seafood restaurant with another partner.
3. If you're in a triad or a quad and this means shared responsibility. Two heads are better than one, and this comes in handy when deciding on the other partners' present.
4. That married couple you've been dating have celebrated many Valentines Days together and now that you're in the picture they're both happy to have someone else to treat on Valentines Day. Woo hoo!
5. Your poly family gathering means that this celebration is more like Christmas! But better, Christmas with more sex.
6. The fact that you believe Valentines Day is a capitalist construct which attempts to claim human emotion and sell it back to consumers in order to validate love, doesn't matter, because your primary has a new partner that they are dying to spend the evening with.
7. You've been having a sexual relationship with one person and a romantic relationship with another you get to spend time with them both.
8. More partners= more chance one of them will be able to cook and more chance that one of them will enjoy your favourite album (The Moldy Peaches)
9. More sex. More people to send cards to!
10. Less monogamous drama!! It's easy come easy go. (Puns intended)
Now the disadvantages:
1. You'd think you'd get to celebrate more than once, but you just end up sacking someone off for the night.
2. Your new partner surprises you with a visit to their favourite seafood restaurant (they don't know about your massive phobia of prawns). Panic attacks are sexy, right?
3. You're in a triad or a quad and so today means you're now skint for the rest of February. Thanks capitalism.
4. That married couple you've been dating have been invited to a couples' dinner party, it's a tradition with friends and now you're stuck at home, listening to your housemate intermittently cry and wank.
5. Your poly family gathering turns out more like Christmas than you could imagine, in an argument.
6. Fucking brilliant, your only partner at the moment believes Valentines Day is a capitalist construct which attempts to claim human emotion and sell it back to consumers in order to validate love.
7. You've been having a sexual relationship with one person and a romantic relationship with another. They live at opposite ends of the country.
8. The sad truth is that no one but me likes The Moldy Peaches album and I will always overcook the vegetables.
9. You will get thrush from all the sex. And paying the postage on the Valentines cards you sent out will mean you can't afford thrush cream.
10. As a romantic gesture your partner's partner travelled up to see them! They brought flowers! You're so touched by this gesture you decide to let them have the night together and eat the romantic (although slightly overcooked) meal you made for the two of you. Ahhh the things we do for our many loves!
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