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8 Post author: lukeprog 27 July 2011 09:57PM

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Comment author: novalis 27 July 2011 11:36:10PM 4 points [-]

I agree with the "skeevy" description, although I have to admit that as I read on, I became somewhat less skeeved.

I also worry that you gloss over the negative aspects of polyamory (and I say this as someone who is in favor of polyamory) -- mainly, that it takes a lot of time and energy to get right. I also worry that you don't link to any of the literature on polyamory, despite citing literature on everything else.

I also don't know to what degree your experience generalizes: do people who study relationships actually have better relationships? Couldn't your new success be due to not being 18 years old anymore (or however old you were in 2005)?