On Making Polyamory “Your Entire Personality”

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"I swear being polyamorous is your entire personality!"

God forbid I deconstruct years of mononormativity, embrace my authentic desires, divest from the scarcity mindset and relationship escalator, and get to smooch multiple people??

Let’s talk about it. A polyamorous person talking about their life and their relationships is no more “making polyamory their personality” than a monogamous person doing the exact same thing. People who complain about this just aren’t used to seeing polyamorous people visibly living their lives, and seem to think that we’re doing it specifically to challenge or offend them.

You deserve to take up space the same way that everyone else does. You deserve to talk about your relationships freely the same way that everyone else does. And you deserve not to be shamed or ridiculed or criticised for just trying to exist.

(Also, if you think *I* specifically talk too much about polyamory, then you might’ve missed the memo that polyamory education is my full-time job 🤷🏻‍♀️)

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