"She'd Laid in Bed with a Pillow to her Head..."

[psalm_onethirtyone]

[Poll #1463754]

Comments

[gileonnen.livejournal.com]

I am actually kind of surprised how many people would be okay with poly relationships. Well, huh.

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

Me too! tbh. Not that this is a bad thing, just that I did not know there were so many poly folks out there.

[gileonnen.livejournal.com]

That is exactly my reaction. ^_^

[erinpuff]

I ticked multiple tickyboxes for a couple of these. :o Four for "I identify sexually as." It's complicated!

[gileonnen.livejournal.com]

Ditto, here. Checked ALL of the gender boxes!

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

Interestingly, nobody would be comfy being just poly. Or, rather, everybody is comfy with an exclusive relationship.

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

No, that's fine! That's why I made them tickies instead of buttons.

[gileonnen.livejournal.com]

I'm more the latter, really. I'm comfortable being in an exclusive relationship if my partner wants that, but I'm also comfortable being open.

[reconditarmonia.livejournal.com]

Thanks for making more tickyboxes this time. ^__^

(you're listening to "Red Tide"! DO YOU LOVE IT?)

[julietveiled.livejournal.com]

...I'm so boringly socially acceptable. D: jeez.

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

<3333333 I'm pretty socially acceptable, too. Bi isn't anything dramatic.

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

Yes ma'am!

(I LOVE IT SO MUCH. It's so incredibly creepy and gorgeous.)

[reconditarmonia.livejournal.com]

(YAY. I love that whole album, actually - it's one of my favorites.)

[tinyammmy]

I feel the need to clarify, a little? I'd say I'm like a...0.5 on the Kinsey scale, sexually, but I feel like the line between deep friendship and platonic romance is... smudgey for me. Then again, labeling particular relationships is something I don't do that often until lovely people like you ask tricky questions.

I hope that helps!

[bewareofitalics]

Hey, I actually know what I am this time! :D

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

(I'm not sure whether I took anything besides that song, but GUH.)

[watchcry.livejournal.com]

I could not check "there were no Wombats in this poll" because then there were wombats...

[holyschist.livejournal.com]

I think there are a lot more gender options than "male/female/not sure" (an "other" fill-in-the-box would probably be best). There are definitely people who identify as something other than male or female and are sure about it.

[holyschist.livejournal.com]

Actually, the way you phrased the question, I could see people answering that they'd be comfortable poly without actually having tried it (I thought I would be long before I tried it, and I mostly am, but we've had some really rough patches).

I also know quite a few poly folks, my boyfriend included, who would not be comfy with an exclusive relationship (we've done it for periods while working on stuff, but long-term, it's not a possibility for him. I'm not sure it is for me, either). So they're out there.

[holyschist.livejournal.com]

The romantic question is tricky for me, because I am biromantic but emotionally I pretty much prefer women. I think that under other circumstances (e.g. if my current primary relationship didn't work out) I'd try much harder to seek out romantic relationships with women.

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

Thank you! You're right, I can see where my phrasing would make certain assumptions.

I keep trying to hone this survey, so hopefully next year I will be able to make one that's better, based on feedback like this.

[blindmadness.livejournal.com]

I have been meaning to make a poll like this for SO LONG, oh man. Way to beat me to it. :P

Also, I identify as bisexualandromantic/pansexualandromantic (I don't like to use either exclusively, so I'LL JUST GO WITH BOTH, YAY), but I also checked "lesbian" and "heteroromantic" because I feel like I lean very slightly homosexual and heteroromantic. Even though both overarching categories are more or less balanced out. THE MORE YOU KNOW~

[holyschist.livejournal.com]

I think it's probably impossible to cover all the possibilities (especially wrt gender) with tickyboxes. But I always find these surveys interesting.

[holyschist.livejournal.com]

Augh, paradox!

[holyschist.livejournal.com]

It also occurs to me that there are going to be definition differences--I don't identify as pansexual because I just find the word a bit silly, but I'm not bisexual in the sense that I'm only attracted to people who identify as male or female. Other people might use "bisexual" in a more limited way.