You know you've been poly a long time when...

[firecat]

...you watch Ladyhawke and you keep thinking, "Well, that's interesting. Usually communicating with your lover through a third party is a bad idea, but in this case, it seems downright necessary."

What other thoughts tell you you've been poly for a long time?

(xposted to polyamory...they seemed to need some levity over there)

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[eve-l-incarnata.livejournal.com]

...when someone says "I've been poly all my life", and you snicker at the thought of them toddling around in diapers, planning their perfect V before they were even verbal.

...when people who recently announced via a newsgroup, discussion board, email list or "community" that they "have been poly all their life" start giving (crappy) advice online to people who have just announced they "have been poly all their life".

...when you only visit "communities" like polyamory because someone on your LJ "friends" list has mentioned or linked to a post.

...when you sit back and laugh at people who start pulling rank: "Well, I've been polyamorous for 20 years." "Oh, that's nothing... I was a polyamorous high priestess in Atlantis", etc...

...when you wish there was a community for people who really have been polyamorous for quite some time, who don't rehash lots of basic 101 type questions ad nauseum.

[firecat]

toddling around in diapers, planning their perfect V before they were even verbal

Hehehe! "Me, mommy, and daddy"?

As for the style of community you mention, folksdoingstuff was more or less intended for that. It doesn't get a lot of traffic, but I hope you join.