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You’re Not Polyamorous

Amy Teegan
1 min readDec 4, 2019

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Photo by Tyler Nix on Unsplash

You told me you were polyamorous only after weeks of hiding the fact that you were married.

You’re not polyamorous.

You just got caught in a lie. Again.

You cheated on your wife and cast around for some way to justify your behavior. Some way to excuse the fact that you’ve cheated before. Some word that you only just heard of that you can now use to present yourself as the misunderstood victim.

You’re not polyamorous.

You just made your wife feel like giving in to your desire for other women was the only way to keep her family together.

You’re not polyamorous.

You are just selfish. You want what you want without regard to what you might have promised someone in the past and what she can reasonably expect from you.

You’re not polyamorous.

You are just Avoidant. You use shallow relationships with some people to avoid having to deepen your relationships with others. You’ll never have to fully commit to anyone if you claim you have to be available to everyone.

You’re not polyamorous.

You’re not monogamous.

You’re just self-destructive and unkind to the people who love you.

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Amy Teegan
Amy Teegan

Written by Amy Teegan

Writer. Encourager. Adventurer. Bibliophile. Author of NO DAY LIKE TODAY and POISON. Enthusiasm is my superpower. amyteegan.com/free

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