jpulgarin comments on 2012 Less Wrong Census/Survey - Less Wrong

65 Post author: Yvain 03 November 2012 11:00PM

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Comment author: jpulgarin 03 November 2012 11:20:37PM 24 points [-]

Do casual sex partners count under the "Number of Current Partners" question?

The instructions tell me that higher numbers are for "polyamorous relationships" which makes it seem like a monogamous person who has multiple casual sex partners should answer 0 for that question.

Comment author: Zubon 04 November 2012 01:42:34AM 3 points [-]

That is about the excluded middle I was thinking of on those questions. Reference Dan Savage's term "monogamish." This community seems more likely than average to have unusual degrees of relationships.

I was also wondering about "preferred" relationship style. I know several who would prefer polyamory in theory but in practice have never had it work out well in practice. Granted, I know several who have never had monogamy work out well in practice and more who have discovered that they were not in fact in strictly monogamous relationships.

Comment author: Yvain 03 November 2012 11:36:44PM 2 points [-]

Good question. I'm going with "no".

Comment author: adamisom 04 November 2012 09:41:15AM -1 points [-]

I like you

Comment author: jpulgarin 04 November 2012 11:50:40PM 1 point [-]

Why?

Comment author: adamisom 05 November 2012 12:58:07AM 0 points [-]

Because you have something I aspire to (multiple casual sex partners), why else?

Comment author: jpulgarin 05 November 2012 05:41:04AM *  3 points [-]

Largely a result of Salsa dancing.