Three’s a Crowd? No, Three’s a Party!

Polyamory is the desire, acceptance or practice of having more than one intimate relationship at a time. In essence, a polyamorous relationship is a romantic relationship that involves more than two people.

Now while this may sound like a euphemism for a threesome (or foursome) to some, or even as a justification to cheat, many people all over the world have more than one partner at a time. And what’s more – they’re all happy! This week, we took to Facebook to find out what our readers think of being in several relationships at once…

Any woman claiming to enjoy a polyamorous relationship is a liar! As a woman, I cannot, I will not, I can never ever be a part of any polygamous relationship. Because I don’t see the logic why polygamy is restricted to the male species alone. Polygamy is the fastest way to spread and contract HIV-Aids and other STIs. Polygamy also encourages women to second guess their womanhood. It promotes jealousy and envy which later leads to witchcraft. Having a polygamous relationship requires hard work because you are constantly competing with the next person. Children grow up competing for their father’s love which can also result in sibling rivalry and killings. Men who claim to be polygamous are merely greedy and confused. Polygamy is Africa’s downfall.

Tangeni Engombe

Eish! Difficult question, though! Some traditions do that and I don’t hear any complaints about it! Sometimes we tend to refuse things that we don’t know and because of negative feelings we have about them, we’ll never find out or experience the good or the bad about them!

Personally for me, I won’t partake in such acts as a polygamous relations. I won’t make references to biblical texts, but to what is now common amongst us: Herpes, HIV-Aids and Syphilis are real, people. You think you are the only one going to that woman but secretly she also has her equivalent number of partners outside it all. I’m not up for it. Ha ah.

No, not all. That’s for animals.

Eish, it’s really so unusual for me. As selfish as I am with my partner, I cannot imagine sharing him with another woman. And any woman allowing that is rather desperate. I guess we are all different and make our own choices, but to choose that? I can only do that when I’m desperate.

It’s putting a pretty name to cheating. A turd by any other name would smell as foul.