“Esmé isn't like
that.”
“Isn't she? She's
fucking in love with Key. For all I know, they're fucking.”
“So? Keith fucks Tom.
You knew that, didn't you?”
“Yeah.” Luigi
scowled. “But it's different!”
“Why?”
Luigi pulled himself out
of Jason's arms and went to stand at the window looking down at the
street below. A tram went by, rattling over its tracks, and the
driver pinged its bell at a wayward car. “I don't know,” he said
at last. “Maybe because … because if you're married you're
supposed to be faithful and all that stuff. Maybe because the hets
always win. Everybody approves of marriage! Everybody goes all
dewy-eyed about a newly married couple. As long as they're a man and
a woman. Everybody's assumptions are that this is the real
relationship and ours is inferior. Worthless. Meaningless.”
“Keith would never hurt
you, Lou.”
“Yes, he would, if Esmé
married him and then said marriage is for two and he had to be
faithful to her. I knew a bi bloke who got married and his wife knew
he was bi and before the marriage said 'no it's fine I won't mind if
you have a man occasionally.' As soon as they were married, she
said, 'oh, I can't bear it when you're with a man.' So he stopped.”
[Image from World Polyamory Association]
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