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David_Gerard comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 6 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: David_Gerard 07 December 2010 03:22:40PM *  5 points [-]

just try juggling two or three concurrent girlfriends or boyfriends

...who don't know about one another.

From experience, open and informed polyamory isn't actually less work.

Comment author: TheOtherDave 07 December 2010 07:31:45PM 6 points [-]

Honest N-way relationships involve less plotting, lying, and escaping from detection than dishonest ones, which was my point. But, agreed, they still involve work.

Comment author: Sheaman3773 07 December 2010 06:24:13PM 2 points [-]

I think he added that line in reference to this part of the first poster that said:

lying to X about Y and to Y about X, brilliantly escaping from detection

Hopefully, that would not be included in an open relationship of any kind.