"Monogamy isn't just unnecessary for me, it's actively harmful to my psyche. I describe it often as "feeling like someone just built a white picket fence around my sexuality". First I shut off my sexual reactivity to the rest of the world, and then it shuts off to my partner."
Yes, this! Exactly this! Thank you so much for saying this much more succinctly than I ever could have. Gonna hafta steal this for an upcoming convo, btw. *huuuuge hug*
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Date: 2012-08-06 05:47 am (UTC)Yes, this! Exactly this! Thank you so much for saying this much more succinctly than I ever could have. Gonna hafta steal this for an upcoming convo, btw. *huuuuge hug*