I keep a lot of my life private and do my best to keep different aspects of my life separate from each other, so I only recently started opening up to certain people in (one of) my bubble(s) about how I'm polyamorous. And honestly, I regret it. Those people in my life don't understand and are not empathetic enough to understand. Sorry, I'm venting a bit.

A few of these people have said things like "I understand. That's just like me!" but it isn't at all. They just want to cheat on their girlfriend because they're unfulfilled and resentful. Or they have extreme jealousy towards the idea of their girlfriend or boyfriend doing anything romantic or sexual with others but they still want to be able to sleep around. Ok, I don't get how you deduced that that is polyamory after this whole conversation we just had, but I honestly feel a bit disrespected or insulted. I'm starting to think these people in my life are toxic, but maybe I'm exaggerating.

Well, that isn't me at all. I'm totally ok with kitchen table poly and my partner(s) exploring. I just ask that we communicate and try to give each other reasonable time and affection in whatever capacity each person needs. So I keep having to reiterate to these people in my life that being polyamorous doesn't mean you're just this hypersexual being trying to bag as many partners in bed as possible. I mean it can be, but like, let's not forget about l'amour in polyamoury <3