Kiyowara redefined the end regarding the relationship with Patrick from failure to respite from working with their alternatives and proceeded contact as co-parents. Buddies inside her poly community “reminded” her that it absolutely was perhaps not failure but instead the finish of a period, supporting her redefinition. Such reinforcement permitted these alternative definitions to just just simply take in more gravity that is social ultimately be solidified as poly social norms that accept the ends of relationships and encourage former fans to keep buddies.

For other individuals, the termination of the poly relationship retained the taint of failure within the sense that is conventional. Some relationships end with such acrimony that remaining friends is neither desirable nor feasible although poly community norms encourage people to remain friends with former lovers. Continua a leggere