# Polyamory:  does it work?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polyamory-does-it-work/20622>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [May 26, 2000, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polyamory-does-it-work/20622 "2000-05-26T17:39:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![WhoaNellie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@WhoaNellie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhoaNellie)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2000, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polyamory-does-it-work/20622/21 "2000-05-30T04:58:11Z")

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I’ve seen poligamy work fine. Some women don’t need a full-time man, but hate to give him up entirely. They just live together and share and know they share, and screw the peeping toms.

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