I watched an episode of True Life today where someone did just that...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

ohhh hands... :D

by Anonymous 13 years ago

honestly i don't see anything wrong with that as long as both parties are ok with it

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It's called being polyamorous and doesn't really have anything to do with being bi.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Pretty sure they just meant bisexuals who run around with a girl and guy and just use that as an excuse, not anything with polygamy.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

...Which is pretty much polyamory. Not polygamy. PolyAMORY.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

But calling yourself bisexual and calling yourself poly-amorous are two very different things. :| They shouldn't go hand in hand simply because you are attracted to both genders.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

...I know. But it sounds like the writer is penalizing polyamorous people.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I didn't really think of it that way because majority of the bisexual people I met think that simply because they are bisexual, they can have a girlfriend and a boyfriend. I don't think they were condemning polyamorous people, really.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

That's stereotyping :( Yeah, but the writer is commenting on an action, that of people being in a relationship with more than one person.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I really don't think they meant it that way. It's different from polyamory, because if I'm correct it's all a mutual thing and they all do things together. With bisexuals who have more than one partner, they have a boyfriend and they have a girlfriend. Two different things and they don't do things with both of them at the same time. If that makes sense. Dx I wasn't stereotyping anyone. I was simply saying that majority of the bisexuals I have encountered think that because they are attracted to both genders, they can have a boyfriend and a girlfriend. :|

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Not necessarily... I mean, a lot of polyamorous people have a girlfriend and a boyfriend, they aren't necessarily all together. Watch the True Life thing on it, it's fascinating. No, I know. That's not what I meant... Nevermind.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

@508503 (thatdaydreamer): I've watched both True Life: I'm Polyamorous and True Life: I'm Bisexual. In the bisexual one, this girl had a husband and a girlfriend. Another was absolutely set on having a boyfriend and a girlfriend. She said something along the lines of, "Now that I have a girlfriend, I have to go find a boyfriend." In the polyamorous one, it seemed to me that everyone was together in a single relationship, just was multiple people. Sorry, I misinterpreted what you said in regards to your stereotyping comment.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

@508579 (dradyn): Sok. I haven't seen the True Life: Bisexual one, but in the Polyamorous one, there were two couples. One was the three/four gay guys (with awesome hair, may I add) and they were all in a relationship together. But the other was a girl with a girlfriend who wanted to be with a guy too, and that was referrred to as polyamorous

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I thought the girl was poly-curious (or whatever she called it, I can't really remember.) So maybe that had an affect on her decision (I also adored their hair.) I don't think being polyamorous is wrong, really. But being thinking it's okay to have a boyfriend and a girlfriend just because you're bisexual is just...ugh to me, especially if you're married. The way the bisexuals on True Life came off to me? Well. They seemed desperate, to be honest. That's just me though.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I have to agree there. You don't feel secure enough in your relationship so you try get into more? Poly-curious? But she did end up getting into a relationship with that other guy, whatshisname and they did weird yoga together.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Yeah, the yoga was a bit awkward. In the beginning I know she described herself as poly-curious. I think my DVR cut off the ending, though, so I guess maybe I wasn't aware she actually got into the second relationship. Dx

by Anonymous 13 years ago

She did! They broke up like four months later though.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I wish they would do a follow up episode or they had a website where we could stalk these people. Dx Or at least the interesting ones.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

YES. That and the rejected guys from Parental Control. I've seen at least ten really really hot guys with amazing hair who get rejected. COME TO ME, I WILL LOVE YOU.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Yes, yes! "YOU ARE PRETTY AND SMART COME LOVE ME MY PARENTS WILL ACCEPT YOUUU." They turn away some pretty amazing guys. :c

by Anonymous 13 years ago

They really really do. I would kill for some of those boys.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

No, I'm not. I wad targeting purely bi-sexuals.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I saw the clarification. Thanks.

by Anonymous 13 years ago