i love poly ppl being like "my primary partner" i love them reinventing the concept of "my main hoe" and side hoes
fun fact is the idea of marrying one person for romantic love is actually a newer and more modern concept than polyamory. whereas polyamory was common in the ancient world for thousands of years and is still practiced today, marrying one single person for romantic love alone was a rebellious concept that emerged in the early 1800s with the rise of the romanticism movement. they love to reinvent the wheel!
I knew one of you was going to get mad about this and write something long
“Polyamory was common in ancient times” yes that was called having a harem and it didn’t usually happen with the women’s consent
It also wasn’t for commoners like Bobikles the farmer
friendly reminder that polygamous societies fuel child brides. The more “desirable” women are taken in by a single male (usually in a position of power) the more likely it is for lower class men to snag up any barely pubescent girl child as a wife before someone else “gets her.”
Human beings aren’t resources to hoard and polyamory is like…three degrees away from that reality at all times.
also this idea that they invented having feelings for a person in the 1800s is just the stupidest fucking shit, will that ever die