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\\\"Long story short, a \\\"closed\\\" relationship is one that is exclusive*
This article, back when it was written solely by someone who is admittedly mono* , used the word \\\"faithful\\\" here. This word can be offensive to poly* individuals, as the word itself strongly implies cheating, which would be nonconsensual to at least one other partner.\\\"
I personally consider myself and my lovers to be \\\"faithful.\\\" Why would that be more offensive for poly people than for mono people? Of course it implies cheating, whether you\\\'re polyamorous or monamorous, cheating (being unfaithful) is bad. The fact that a poly person DOESN\\\'T want to be referred to as being faithful, worries me, to be honest. Point being, no, \\\"faithful\\\" is not somehow pejorative to polyamorous people. What is offensive is when someone says poly people are unfaithful because they are in love with (and have sex with) more than one person. to say \\\"faithful\\\" is offensive to poly is nitpicking, in the same way that \\\"religious\\\" isn\\\'t offensive to non-mainstream religions, or \\\"loyal\\\" isn\\\'t offensive to anarchists.
This article, back when it was written solely by someone who is admittedly mono* , used the word \\\"faithful\\\" here. This word can be offensive to poly* individuals, as the word itself strongly implies cheating, which would be nonconsensual to at least one other partner.\\\"
I personally consider myself and my lovers to be \\\"faithful.\\\" Why would that be more offensive for poly people than for mono people? Of course it implies cheating, whether you\\\'re polyamorous or monamorous, cheating (being unfaithful) is bad. The fact that a poly person DOESN\\\'T want to be referred to as being faithful, worries me, to be honest. Point being, no, \\\"faithful\\\" is not somehow pejorative to polyamorous people. What is offensive is when someone says poly people are unfaithful because they are in love with (and have sex with) more than one person. to say \\\"faithful\\\" is offensive to poly is nitpicking, in the same way that \\\"religious\\\" isn\\\'t offensive to non-mainstream religions, or \\\"loyal\\\" isn\\\'t offensive to anarchists.
