on the one hand I'm a bit "... HOW DO YOU HANG AROUND YOSEMITE AND NOT HAVE EVEN PASSING FAMILIARITY WITH THE CONCEPT OF POLYAMORY",
I assume this is a largely rhetorical question, given that the answer is almost certainly "because not noticing anything other than climbing". *g*
and on the other hand oh good grief she clearly didn't want to hurt him & thought she was offering what he wanted but fundamentally the way she wanted to stay married to him was not the way he'd ever wanted to be married to her.
Indeed. And it would have been a classic "relationship not working, add more people" too.
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Date: 2019-04-15 06:57 am (UTC)I assume this is a largely rhetorical question, given that the answer is almost certainly "because not noticing anything other than climbing". *g*
and on the other hand oh good grief she clearly didn't want to hurt him & thought she was offering what he wanted but fundamentally the way she wanted to stay married to him was not the way he'd ever wanted to be married to her.
Indeed. And it would have been a classic "relationship not working, add more people" too.
I'm sure I must have recced her piece at you already; it's heartwrenching and very good: https://www.outsideonline.com/2169946/we-tell-it-it