Stealth poly story.

[rivka]

wcg and I did English Country Dance together first, and then a few months later curiousangel started joining us. There were a few surprised looks when I showed up with a new man and introduced him as my husband, and a couple of quiet side questions. We haven't made any announcements or lectured people about polyamory - I've just been clearly there with both of them, and that's been it.

There's a formal ball coming up in Binghamton, New York, not far from where my parents live. The oldest ECD couple (they're in their seventies) always go to it because they used to live in Binghamton, and when they heard my parents were nearby they started encouraging us to attend. We just recently decided for sure that we would, and tonight I had this exchange:

Rivka: "Hey, we've decided for sure that we're going to be at the Binghamton Ball."
ECDer in his seventies: "Great! How many of you?"

And I was just... wow. I stammered out "Just me and Misha," and he said something cheerful about hoping we'd have a good time.

And, you know, that's how it should be.

Comments

[kightp.livejournal.com]

You know, it shouldn't be so surprising when people behave the way we hope they will.

Happy dancing.

Woo!

[aiglet.livejournal.com]

::bounce, cheer::

1) That's really cool!

2) You're coming to New York? Any way I can con you into stopping around here and getting a hug?

(If not, have lots of fun dancing! It's been snowing here, just to warn you.)

(Sorry about the double posted comment -- LJ has decided to hold over comment titles, and I didn't think the last one was quite appropriate... ;P)

Re: Woo!

[curiousangel.livejournal.com]

Where in New York is "here", exactly? Rivka may have a better idea of where you're located than I do, but I'll ask anyway. :)

For that matter, I'm not real sure about where Binghamton is, but the nice people at Rand-McNally will help me find it in a couple of weeks, I'm sure...

Re: Woo!

[rivka.livejournal.com]

You're coming to New York? Any way I can con you into stopping around here and getting a hug?

Alas, not if "here" is Vassar. We're going to be in the wilds of upstate, in the Finger Lakes region, far far away from the city.

Re: Woo!

[aiglet.livejournal.com]

"Here" is Vassar, which is in Poughkeepsie. :) (Um... I'm trying to think of anything interesting to say about Poughkeepsie, but I'm failing. ;P)

Binghamton appears to be about three hours west of us, which is a bit far to detour just for a hug. ::pout::