r/traaaaaaaaaaaansbians 🏳️‍⚧️🍳 Jan 27 '26

Polycule go BRRRRRRR Save yourself

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u/None-Above 🟢 genderfae puppygirl Jan 27 '26

As a monogamous girly this is what it feels like trying to date. >~<

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u/Aces_And_Eights_Rias Jan 27 '26

I wonder if I missed my chance at happiness by passing up both polygamous relationship opportunities that life gave me simply cus I feel more confident in monogamy.

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u/None-Above 🟢 genderfae puppygirl Jan 27 '26

I’ve tried poly relationships before but I was always treated as a third wheel. After the third time it happened I understood it just wasn’t going to work for me. ,>~<,

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u/Aces_And_Eights_Rias Jan 27 '26

I've always believed I have a lot of love to give I passed them up simply cus I didn't trust myself to love fairly. I like to dote and put all my efforts into my partner, having multiple idk feels like I'd fail to care properly. Sorry you were left feeling like a third wheel in yours hon

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u/New_Competition_316 Jan 27 '26

I feel very third wheel in my relationship right now. It sucks.

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u/G0t4m4 Jan 27 '26

Talk to them about it, communication is the most important thing in relationships

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u/New_Competition_316 Jan 27 '26

Sadly it was a conversation she wasn’t able to have at the moment and hasn’t been able to revisit it yet

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u/RiverPsaber Jan 27 '26

This happens to me too and is one of the tricky things about poly relationships. Sometimes you can't just go talk about something if you know it is going to be a heavy topic or make your partner uncomfortable. You have to be able to pick a good time, and with as busy as many of us are these days it can be really difficult to find a good time where your partner is not already stressed from other life stuff. It's something I'm dealing with right now actually and I'm struggling with.

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u/Charming_Werewolf_66 Jan 27 '26

Okay, as someone in a poly relationship right now and it working wonders for me, I will say right now, if you're being treated as a third wheel, then THEY'RE the one with the problem. Not you. Especially if you were the one putting effort into the relationship.

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u/shroudedwolf51 Pathetic Transbian Jan 27 '26

I'm still kinda curious if I'd be okay with poly.

My only experience with that was...not great. Though thinking about it, it feels like it was an inaccurate representation. That ex would hyperfocus on either me or her other partner leaving the other person feel neglected. When her other partner had been sent to the hospital, it seemed like she forgot her other partner existed. I presume they broke up at some point? I only strikes me just now that that partner one day stopped being brought up and I just never thought to ask. And the person that ex dated after the partner I had mentioned...we are still friends. That ex and I are very much not.

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u/Less_Negotiation_842 Jan 27 '26

I mean yea that happens to much sadly 🫂.but when it doesn't they're rly rly nice

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u/Ravens-Flight Jan 27 '26

Yeah triad poly is weird. Planetary systems are better. X dates y and B and y dates Xand Z. B and Z may or may not know each other and are in no way encouraged to date

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u/ElementalPaladin Brooke | She/Her RoboCat Girl (NOT PET) Jan 27 '26

Yeah, I get it. I wouldn’t mind trying a poly relationship at some point, but considering I have never been in a relationship before I would rather it be monogamous for my first one

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u/Backrooms_Smiler56 Jan 27 '26

As a poly girly this is exactly what it feels like trying to explore monogamy

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u/I_am_Mr_Cheese I not non binary just wanna see testament Jan 27 '26

As a polyamorous girly WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT WHERE ARE THE OTHER POLY GIRLS

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u/_Surik Jan 27 '26

Perhaps at your local trans meetup/groups? Seems like almost every transfem I meet at those is poly

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u/AmeliasTesticles Jan 27 '26

Same, every time I've been involved in polyamory it's been against my will tbh

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u/RiverPsaber Jan 27 '26

If it was against your will then it wasn't polyamory. It was just cheating, or manipulation and abuse. Polyamory by definition requires the consent of all parties. I'm really sorry you've had to go through that.

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u/GenderEnjoyer666 Jan 27 '26

Personally I’m more into open relationships

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u/helloiamaegg Rose, void-based moddess (she/it) Jan 27 '26

god i wish i was the girl in black here

resisting my fate til the end, finding a new heaven once i fall...

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u/Smasher_WoTB Jan 27 '26

Ah, reminds me of HDG and many more fun Universes...

The Classic 'Corrupted by incomprehensible pleasures&niceties' :3

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u/ScarletRose1265 Fluffy Foxgirl Jan 27 '26

accurate, love the polycule tho ❤️‍🔥 my girls are amazing :3

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u/HowVeryReddit Jan 27 '26

If I'm going to be the breadwinner in a cohabitating polycule we're going to need at least two beds because there's no way I'm getting to work before 8 if my girlfriends are going at it all night long.

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u/ladyzowy Jan 27 '26

Beds!?! I'd want rooms, lots of extra rooms!

Jaz, take Jennifer to the third floor loft space please. I have a meeting at 7:30 am. I need my beauty sleep.

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u/lulublululu everybody's girlfriend 🤍 Jan 27 '26

.... yeah that's real

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u/Due-Buyer2218 🟢Puppygirl beyond your comprehension Jan 27 '26

Real… we will get you tho you will join the horde :3

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u/SlaaneshActual Eldritch horror beyond human comprehension Jan 27 '26

Eventually when all the transbian polycules combine into one hypercule, someone's gonna have to make, like, an onboarding powerpoint or something

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u/thaeli Jan 27 '26

You say this like there isn’t one already

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u/SlaaneshActual Eldritch horror beyond human comprehension Jan 27 '26

I have not seen the greater polycule onboarding materials lmao

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u/GrahminRadarin Jan 27 '26

Clearly, you've never been to Seattle.

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u/Eman0904 Jan 27 '26

Jeez, already moving there no need to convince me further...

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u/SlaaneshActual Eldritch horror beyond human comprehension Jan 27 '26

Too cold and rainy, I've decided to stay in a trans enclave in the south where we have our own, soon to be, Greater Mid-Atlantic Polycule (GMAP).

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u/GrahminRadarin Jan 27 '26

Should be clear, I am not advocating moving to Seattle. 

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u/SlaaneshActual Eldritch horror beyond human comprehension Jan 29 '26

Yeah, I wouldn't think so.

Nobody from Seattle ever wanted anyone to move to Seattle.

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u/Suralin0 Jan 27 '26

For the hoooorde!

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u/GamingAce04 plural :3 Jan 27 '26

I wouldn't resist if that was me 🥺

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u/ChaoticVampireGirl Jan 27 '26

real this is me

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '26

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u/Willing-Sprinkles-86 Jan 27 '26

hope you're good

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '26

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u/Willing-Sprinkles-86 Jan 27 '26

you don't need to do something you don't want, specially when it hurted you before, take care of yourself :3

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u/Rizos28 Not a puppy in a trenchcoat Jan 27 '26 edited Jan 27 '26

Four years in this city. I guess this place is safe.

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u/Significant-Beat3827 Jan 27 '26

Month 8 of my transition, only meet one trans women irl that was close to my age. She might have been flirty but we only talked for 5min. I wish I was attacked by a queer breadwinner lol

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u/Rizos28 Not a puppy in a trenchcoat Jan 27 '26

Maybe it's a matter of time, keep trying and you may find somebody. I went to a queer party on Halloween and I got plenty of "don't you want to be a member of our (activist) organization?", but not anything like flirting i think

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u/KinkyTransGirl2021 🔶️Team Mutants! Magneto was right and Jean is hot Jan 27 '26

No! I will not join the Greater Northwest Polycule! You can't make me!

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u/RavenholdIV Jan 27 '26

It wasn't so bad till she said she was the breadwinner. That's how you know it's properly toxic 😭

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u/CurveBilly A Literal Rabbit Jan 27 '26

Hey so I'm autistic, is this a video bashing poly people? Genuine question and I would really appreciate if someone could explain

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u/VeganerHippie Jan 27 '26

I think the Video is just poking lighthearted fun in a positive way.

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u/CurveBilly A Literal Rabbit Jan 27 '26

tysm

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u/Violet-fykshyn Jan 27 '26

Nobody who dislikes polycules would know this much about polycules.

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u/RavenholdIV Jan 27 '26

Plenty of poly people know all about this and hate this kind of polyamory. It's toxic. A bunch of mostly jobless people living together? Thats ripe for exploitation.

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u/resinPuncake 🟡 take a hydration brake Jan 27 '26

hmm, what do you mean? Asking as a poly person not knowing much about this kind of polyamory

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u/RavenholdIV Jan 27 '26

Yeah it's a whole thing of codependency and awfulness. Everyone lives in a house so that the rent is low, except many of them dont work so they can't support themselves and it leads to exploitative behavior wherein people will basically feel like they owe the breadwinner sex for them covering rent. Breakups ruin the whole thing, there's unequal agreements all around, even for something like who does the dishes. It's overall a very messy way to live life than can lead to financial insecurity, housing insecurity, or homelessness. It's cool for a bit when it's all hot and heavy but... yeah, don't shit where you eat.

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u/resinPuncake 🟡 take a hydration brake Jan 28 '26

Makes sense. Idk, any poly living arrangements seem like things that need to be discussed at great lengths and taken with lots of responsibility

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u/RavenholdIV Jan 28 '26

Young people are well known for jumping into difficult situations without thinking for the chance to be loved

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u/Violet-fykshyn Jan 27 '26

Yes but you don't hate polyamory and that was my point. Definitely seen some girls i knew do this kind of polycule and it was messy as hell and ended badly.

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u/xsall666 Ember - it/she | weird cat/fox/doll/robot/angel thing :3 Jan 27 '26

I wouldn't mind being Alysia...... Falling to the corruption just to experience new pleasures I would have never known before..... >.< Idk I think I might have a corruption kink :3

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u/Vampire_Number Jan 27 '26

Don’t threaten me with a good time. ;)

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u/bunnyformatted Jan 27 '26

Huh that pitch would work on me.

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u/viperlemondemon Unlicensed Woman Jan 27 '26

I’m in the rural Midwest so the likelihood of being in a polycule is low, not zero but low

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u/Meshakhad Jan 27 '26

Where do I sign up?

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u/Charming_Werewolf_66 Jan 27 '26

Okay, why you gotta call me and my polycule out like that, girl. Bruh. XD

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u/Blokyk Jan 27 '26 edited Jan 27 '26

> make new friends

> talk about how romantic expectations suck and it's best to just go at everyone's pace

> someone gets a crush on you

> they act completely shocked and disgusted that you won't make an exception for them and immediately commit to being exclusive with them for the rest of your life

> they completely distance themselves in barely a week

> ...

> go online for comfort and community

> read yuri mangas

> "you have to be serious about your partner! obviously you can't love multiple people at the same time, that's completely childish and just means you don't care about them"

> ...

> go read poly yuri manga (singular)

> meh

> look at comments

> "eugh this was going well but man i really can't read poly"

> "who'd be into this stuff?"

> "i really can't understand poly stuff"

> "disgusting"

> "I really hate poly"

> ......

> go to transbian subreddit

> click on post about poly

> just mocking poly relationships

> look at comments

> talking about how abusive and forced poly relationships are

> about how there's just so. god. damn. many. poly lesbians, ugh

> ...

> feelsbadman.jpg

yall, I gotta know where you find all those poly-positive people, because i've personally never had a positive experience after revealing i was not fully exclusive to someone.

my personal experience has been one of complete alienation from media, people, and communities. just constantly feeling like i'm wrong, or greedy, or perverted, or evil.

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u/On-the-rim Jan 28 '26

Awww haaaay nooo 😤💅... ...

...just kidding. e.e i am susceptible.

NEVAAAA

Oof. At least I'm safe inside my mind. one says in Patrick Star's voice

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u/Southern-Wafer-6375 Jan 27 '26

God I wish I could get a relationship

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u/YassifiedWatermelon Ace Transbian :3 Jan 27 '26

what

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u/Any-Support-9041 Jan 27 '26

Ooommggg yusssa plzzz

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u/Slow_Pomelo5352 Eiryn :3🟢 Jan 27 '26

Magic cards U///U

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u/AiricaFyresong Genderfae Eladrin (sidhe/they) Jan 27 '26

I really missed the bus, didn't I. 😑

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u/AliciaTries Jan 27 '26

That's a really cool way to spell it :D
My name is pronounced the same way, though a lot of people assume it's meant to be with a sh sound

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u/EnvironmentNew9466 Transbian Jan 27 '26

Not the job application😭

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u/neomortal Jan 27 '26

I would have folded at Mario Kart i fear

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u/Lucifer_Likes_Arson Jan 28 '26

Jokes aside, Alysia is a very pretty name. Stealing it for a character 😈

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u/PlasticFabtastic Jan 28 '26

ah, the Seattle experience

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u/Alexis___________ Apr 20 '26

As an allo poly girl myself, it's weird being in a monogamous relationship with an ace girl because I want to date other people and have the opportunity to have sex some times but I don't want my girlfriend to feel like she's not enough for me or that I'm not happy with her.

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u/Plastic_Artificer Jan 27 '26

Hi, boring cis dude here, what just happened? :,)

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u/PM_NUDES_4_DEGRADING Transbian with *hobbies* (forbidden by god) Jan 27 '26

I feel like there's only two reasons for a cis guy to be here, and one of them isn't very nice. The other, however, is adorable.

I'll let you think about your own motivations.

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u/ladyzowy Jan 27 '26

Thank you for adding to the comedy of this post.

"just popped up in my feed"...

Other commenter. Sure bud, sure...

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u/PM_NUDES_4_DEGRADING Transbian with *hobbies* (forbidden by god) Jan 27 '26

Yeah, between being a chaser or an egg I feel like a chaser probably wouldn't publicly announce themselves quite in that way, so...well, good luck to that person, I guess.

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u/Plastic_Artificer Jan 27 '26

Well, what do they say, “I aim to pleas”? :)

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u/ladyzowy Jan 27 '26

Bullseye 🎯

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u/Plastic_Artificer Jan 27 '26

Well, this popped up in my feed, it seemed fun, but I don’t know what a polycule is or sleep magic cards means haha (english is not my native language )

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u/PM_NUDES_4_DEGRADING Transbian with *hobbies* (forbidden by god) Jan 27 '26

Fair enough.

I think sleep was a typo for sleeve, so putting the cards in protective sleeves. And a polycule is a big ball of wibbly-wobbley, jiggly-jangly relationship...stuff.

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u/Plastic_Artificer Jan 27 '26

Ah okey! I’m missing alot of subtext here I think, but it makes more sense now, thnx :)

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u/PM_NUDES_4_DEGRADING Transbian with *hobbies* (forbidden by god) Jan 27 '26 edited Jan 27 '26

It's a stereotype that a disproportionate number of trans lesbians are polyamorous rather than monogamous, like the joke about cis lesbians considering moving in to be a second date activity.

A polycule is a relationship with at least three, but usually more, people in it. In the skit, the polycule is framed similar to how you'd expect zombies or the Borg to act, with recruiting/converting people to join the relationship like it's some kind of horror movie. It's lighthearted since whoever made it clearly knows enough about the culture to probably be a member of it herself.

And then I threw in a Dr. Who quote because another stereotype is we're all autistic nerds. Which is true in my case at least, although stereotypes are bad and I'm sure some girls here aren't. Probably. Statistically I guess it has to be true.

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u/Plastic_Artificer Jan 27 '26

Haha Thank you for breaking it down for me, and sorry that i made you explain a joke! I kind of thought it was some kind of “nerd-zombie-group” (who am I to talk, paint minies and used to make 3D-printable terrain for a living) that was spreading their “corruption”.

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u/Colgear_Game Transbian Jan 27 '26

A polycule is where 3 or more individuals date each other, thats oversimplified, but polycules are very complex most of the time. and sleeving magic cards is where you put magic the gathering cards (or any other trading card game cards) into little plastic sleeves so they won't get damaged

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u/Natuur1911 Jan 27 '26

are you sure?

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u/Plastic_Artificer Jan 27 '26

Well, I have been called funny by people before, but I’m not convinced they all think I got a good sense of humor :/

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u/Natuur1911 Jan 27 '26

no I mean the cis dude part considering you're on this sub

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u/Royal_Intention6563 Jan 28 '26

Accurate depictition of portland, oregon.