Cultural differences between Rockville vs. Takoma Park?

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NP here. Just because people are polite to you in person doesn't mean they want their kids exposed to your family. Many of them will be formally polite but keep their distance and try to keep their kids away.

You are exposing your kids to historically unstable familial patterns and opening the door to risk of child abuse (inc. / esp. sexual abuse). Your choice but I'd rather not have Larlo over to play.

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If you want to live near hippies /artists etc you have to live near poor people. Idk why DCUM always gets this wrong.

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OP - I am the poster in East SS and have zero concerns about my kids being exposed to a family like yours. Of course, PP probably disapproves of me for being a single mom, so....

Frankly I am a little jealous. The poly family in my neighborhood has a 3:1 adult to kid ratio and it seems just about right.

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NP here. Just because people are polite to you in person doesn't mean they want their kids exposed to your family. Many of them will be formally polite but keep their distance and try to keep their kids away.

You are exposing your kids to historically unstable familial patterns and opening the door to risk of child abuse (inc. / esp. sexual abuse). Your choice but I'd rather not have Larlo over to play.

OP here. Who knows what's in peoples minds? But we are open about it and people brimg their kids over and we all have a super fun time. We haven't had any difficulty connecting with others in our community. That's good enough for me.

Of course, I respect your right to keep your child away. Personally, I try to let my child pick their own friends to the extent I can. But we all have to trust our own instincts.

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Anonymous wrote:What do you mean by non-trad family?

I'm asking because I know gay families happily living in straight-laced neighborhoods (Chevy Chase) and cul-de-sacs (Howard and AA counties).

OP here. We're a polyamorous marriage.

Rockville has been great BTW. Everyone has been super cool.

So you invite all your lovers to the family thanksgiving, eh?

Yep.

So your kids know mommy and daddy are bunking a bunch of people on the side?

OP here. We're not bunking a bunch of people on the side. I'd otherwise be happy clarify what I mean by a polyamorous marriage, but I sense that you're just trying to cast aspersions.

My child has an incredible life, and I am very grateful for that.

I suspect you're more into trying to be alternative and describing yourself as "polyamorous" to be cool and distinctive when in reality you're just a boring conventional couple just like everyone else. Everyone is technically "polyamorous" in that we're fully capable of being attracted to multiple people, so what's so special about you? Do you go around telling all your neighbors you're polyamorous and start support groups for polyamorous couples and tell your kid how open minded you are because you're polyamorous (even though you aren't bunking a bunch of people on the side?). That's where I'm confused at wanting to be in Takoma Park because it's apparently "polyamorous friendly?" Because how would people know?

OP here. You don't seem very informed about how polyamorous relationships work. You also seem to have a desire to make me feel bad, which is sad.

When I say that I am in a "polyamorous marriage," I don't mean that I am in an "open marriage" or that I am "attracted to multiple people." I mean that I am in a long-term committed relationship with multiple people whom I live with and co-parent with. I don't go around telling people this, because I don't want to illicit random hostility (as I am experiencing in my conversation with you). However, the unusual composition of my household is obvious to anyone who sees the family pictures in my house or who hears my child mention having three parents. So sometimes it comes up.

I never said that I wanted to move to Takoma Park because they were poly-friendly. As you indicated, it doesn't usually come up. I just mentioned that I had a non-traditional family and clarified that we were poly when someone asked for additional detail.

DP. Color me ignorant, but I thought polygamy is against the law.
Unless you're a cast member of 'Sister Wives', and even then..

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Rockville has become an afterthought or looked down upon these days.....which is exactly why I like it better. Let everyone else move to the trendy areas where it'll get more overcrowded. Rockville prices are dropping. The area still has tons of ethnic foods and is in a very good location for accessing most major highways. Best location imo.

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NP here, I'm really sorry that you're dealing with the BS on this forum. For what it's worth, we have polyamourous friends a few blocks away in Takoma DC and they are very happy there. They don't have kids yet, but when they do we certainly won't bat an eyelash about our kids hanging out together.

People who get off on putting down other people's lifestyles really aren't worth anyone's time.