>>Me, I find polyamory much too messy in the Real World, though it does
>>make for happy fiction.
>
>Yes it does, tho I'd like to note here that my parents have been
>practicing such for three or four years now and I, at least,
>have yet to notice any particular problems arising therefrom.
>
>YMMV.
>

So true. It depends in a large part on whether or not all the people involved in the relationship *want* to be polyamorous. In my experience, most poly relationships crash and burn because one or more people aren't *Really* poly; they just try to be, because they're in love with someone who is. I have seen poly relationships that work, though, and have lasted for years, so it *is* possible...