One day I asked what someone’s relationship status was, and they said “I have a girlfriend but she’s been missing and is presumed dead, so I don’t know if getting another GF would be cheating”. It’s at that moment when I realized how complicated relationship statuses can get. Like that Seinfeld episode where the guy is in a coma so he lends his girlfriend to another guy.
I’m antisocial & in my mid 20s so take it with a grain of salt, but I guess probably my current relationship.
“Broke up on Christmas day but still very happy living with eachother until the lease is over; relationship nearly hasn’t changed during this time, including the frequent sex and helping eachother financially, but now we’re also helping eachother figure out how to date people again”
There’s probably a more concise way of phrasing that.
Edit: inb4 !ihavesex
A 7 (I think? Maybe 8?) person queer anarchist polycule including at least one trans and two nonbinary people bought a house. Only two of them had credit scores that could qualify for the mortgage, so they were the only ones on the deed.
There were the usual squabbles about resource sharing, proper use of the sharps container, etc. The thing that really complicated it was the personal defense culture - open carry were encouraged and providing firearms training and range time for the local queer community was an explicit goal.
Fast forward a year or so. The primary partner of one of the deed holders has mostly shifted to other partners and the deed holder is extremely hurt and angry. The other deed holder is involved in a disagreement with accusations of transphobia and claims of threats of violence on both sides.
Things get so tense that two people leave or are driven out (depending who you ask). They just happen to be the two on the mortgage and deed. In the mean time, the housing market crashed and significantly more is owed than the house is worth. The deed holders want out, nobody else has a place to go, one person just wants revenge, the two sides can’t even talk to each other unmediated, both groups have some of the others’ belongings, and an eviction has a real chance of getting someone killed.
(This is no longer an active situation, and was eventually resolved to nobody’s satisfaction but without bloodshed)
This is definitely complicated, were you perhaps involved?
Not from the inside. It’s the kind of situation that spills over into community, friend groups, and projects people are involved in though.
Well all my relationships have been imaginary so I’d say it’s complicated enough to have advanced math knowledge to even begin
Sounds complex
ℜ = lemming
ℑ = partner
Wow, OK. Interesting one was: I was at a party, and two women and a man were a throuple. He had kids with both women, they all lived in the same house as a single family.
That doesn’t seem that complicated. Just functional polyamory.
Yeah, more uncommon than complicated.
Ever had a fight with your spouse or disagreement on managing a home? That’s a single AB connection, you add 1 more person to that it goes from one possible conflict to three possible conflicts. AB, AC, BC. I see that as complicated.
more complex yes, but more hands in the family unit and structure between the other two can be a really nice perk too. when conflict happens, you have someone else you love who knows your partner and relationship who can bridge the gap and give perspective.
What exactly happened in Seinfeld?
