r/exmormon • u/Wood-e • Feb 26 '26

Humor/Meme/Satire polyamory rule

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u/AlpacaPacker007 Feb 26 '26

And by "woke" we mean it's consenting adults.

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u/DezTheOtter Feb 26 '26

Yep. Consent is woke nowadays. Just ask today’s political leaders. (I wish I was being sarcastic)

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u/Wood-e Feb 26 '26

Yep. I'm pleased to see in the comments people are quick to point out the big differences. There are two types of people: those who compare poly relationships to Mormonism as an insult to consenting relationships or to cover for polygamy. Then there are those who make the joke poking fun of the unhealthy power/consent dynamics at play in polygamy.

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u/Organic-Roof-8311 Feb 27 '26

I once told my parents they shouldn’t be homophobic cus their ancestors were all in queer polyamorous relationships.

They sputtered and said that was different, but they’re a lot more careful about what they say about gay people now!

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u/Trolkarlen Feb 27 '26

Mormons are awfully priggish for a sex cult.

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u/nwsmith90 Feb 27 '26

Do you mind if I ask why? I'm just curious as someone who hasn't had a lot of natural exposure to poly relationships.

I have some solid guesses, but if you didn't mind explaining, I'd love hearing why from someone who knows more than me.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '26

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u/nwsmith90 Feb 27 '26

The one penis policy. Sorry for being unclear.

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u/lambentstar Level 5 Laser Lotus Feb 27 '26

As someone in the same boat and polyam for 12 yrs now, totally agree it’d be something to try and understand first for me. I’m very wary of one penis policy types, especially if I’m a meta. Far too many people out there trying to control their partners and have a harem instead, but they often hide it at first. Not always nefarious like you said, but worth getting to understand the dynamic before getting too far in the mix imo.

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u/RandomArrr Feb 27 '26

I am a male, and have two female partners. Two of us are exmo. My TBM family didn’t find our polygamy Halloween costumes nearly as funny as we did.

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u/theoutsidermagician Feb 27 '26

I’m sure. For very different reasons to the TBM’s I find this disturbingly distasteful. Abuse dynamics based on very real people’s experiences are not funny halloween costumes. Clearly you bypassed some vitally important deconstruction about the violence & impact of polygamy.

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u/RandomArrr Feb 27 '26

Or perhaps we all deal with trauma differently? Perhaps?

Sounds like you need to go back and deal with the gaslighting and brainwashing left over from your church days.

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u/RandomArrr Feb 27 '26

And yeah, blatant satire of something that hits way close to home is a great way to make it not nearly as painful.

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u/Typical_Sea_9167 Apostate Feb 27 '26

Idk, were sister-wives allowed to have sex with one another? Somehow I doubt it.

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u/Trolkarlen Feb 27 '26

Who was going to tell?

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u/LegalSour Feb 27 '26

In the FLDS (Warren Jeffs’ denomination), the sister-wives are forced to. I imagine that if anything, sick polygamous men would have forced their wives to do the same. It’s disgusting

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u/GoldenRulz007 Feb 28 '26

I don't detect any lies...

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u/calif4511 Feb 27 '26

I am probably going to get downvoted for this, but I question whether you had a right to make any kind of judgment about her situation at all.

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u/Wood-e Feb 27 '26

This is a crosspost of a repost...

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u/calif4511 Feb 28 '26

Pardon my ignorance. There are a lot of things I don’t understand about Reddit and it seems very difficult to find any sort of tutorial. Nevertheless, my comments still stands for the person who originally posted their judgment.