South Bay Poly Essay #154 (March 2008)

"Keep on Truckin’”

I began writing with the thought that I don’t have much to say right now – I’m happy.

I am pretty happy. I’m getting along well with my three partners.

Of course, there are always questions you can ask. “Can it be better?”

What if we all lived together – my partners, their partners – in a big house somewhere?

“Happy” can sound “sappy.”

But I’ve been through the horrible “poly dramas” – mostly caused, not (I think) by polyness itself, but by people’s conceptions or preconceptions about it. So it’s nice to feel contentment.

Poly relationships are really just a lot like non-poly relationships – know yourself and know your partners and avoid poly partners that you wouldn’t want as non-poly partners. Avoid people with extreme personality “issues” and instability.

Don’t be discouraged, if people tell you that poly relationships are “difficult” – so are monogamous relationships!

Keep on truckin’!


Copyright 2008, William Albert Baldwin