In her Live Journel, Polyamory Australia, Cuddlefairey posted an interesting quote from mtrimpe on Personal Development for Smart People TM Forums on December 24, 2007:
"Monogamy is like learning to walk on a rope with a safety net forever hanging one foot below the rope. You might eventually learn how to walk the rope, but the temptation to just fall and lie down is a lot greater then when you know you'll fall 10 feet and have to climb all the way up again."
She explains where the quote was coming from and it matches my own personal interest in polyamory:
This was about learning (or not) to overcome jealousy and insecurity through personal development. It was in response to the idea that a lot of people shy away from the possibility of a polyamorous relationship because they think it will cause too much jealousy and insecurity. Therefore they never develop themselves emotionally enough to overcome such things even in their monogamous relationship. Hmm, seems to make sense. If you ban that which you are afraid of, then you will never get over your fear.
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