Did … Which part?

If the whole thing, that seems oddlyb specific. Assuming the photo isn’t actually of you.

In this situation, I’m not saying whether the advice was good or bad. I’m saying it was a bad way to prevent his viewpoint and, even if the recipient agreed with him, unlikely to get a positive response.

And for what it’s worth, it didn’t. Not from me, not from the girl, not from the people in the room who weren’t directly personally invested in the situation.

While your argument is compelling, I still have my doubts about your sincerity.

Okay, but what did the guy in the photo do to make himself relevant?

It seems like you might not actually be agreeing with me.

If I have to mislead someone, I don’t want to be in that situation. Polyamory isn’t my way, but I don’t see anything wrong with it … So long as everyone involved is aware of, and has agreed to, the arrangement.

I haven’t met many polyamorous couples (edit: I guess “couples” isn’t right, “polycules”?), but of those I have, the primary issue is that one of the parties has agreed under some form of duress. That’s obviously not okay.

My personal philosophy has always been that everyone involved must provide informed consent and no permanent damage, especially physical, may be caused. There will always be outlying concerns, but those are the things that seem to matter to me.

edit: Posted this and reconsidered “especially physical.” I think I was thinking that because it’s easier to quantify. Mental well-being is hugely important, which is why aftercare matters.

One girlfriend, one wife.

All of these responses are suggestions about how to get away with it with varying degrees of cleverness. I don’t mean to be all holier than thou, but one reason I’ve stuck with not lying for decades is that, if you don’t, you needn’t keep track of stuff like this.

What was?

Hey, you can’t fool me. That’s a full-fledged cat.

One of my groomsmen always defended his fear of water by saying “there could be kaiju army crawling under there, you don’t know!”

I don’t disagree with anything you’re saying, but I’m frustrated by trying to figure out how to respond to your last line without sounding pedantic.

Maybe I’m pedantic.

That’s not funny.

That’s so funny.

That’s the one.

In the original series there was an entire episode dedicated to whether he wanted to break up with someone because they were incompatible or because he was bothered by her saying “that’s so funny” instead of laughing.

I woke up recently and am still very tired (I don’t sleep well). As a result, my eyes are just automatically skimming over the posts. I didn’t even notice the OC listed these until I read your post. So … Thank you!

When I got my first girlfriend pregnant, my dad said to me “as far as I can tell, your options are abortion or adoption.”

At the time, I didn’t want to be a dad, but that wasn’t the right response. I get the same energy from yours.

Are you dating JD?

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I believe that!

And, to be fair, the guy did apparently mostly recover.