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Poll #6267 Gratuitous A

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 34

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How much are you friends with your other half's siblings, if any?

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Agh! The social incompatibility, it burns!
1 (3.0%)

We're polite, but don't really see them
11 (33.3%)

We see them fairly often
7 (21.2%)

I see them every so often even without my other half
1 (3.0%)

I knew them before I knew my other half
1 (3.0%)

N/A -- they don't exist or aren't much part of your other half's life
7 (21.2%)

N/A -- I have no other half (alternatively, answer for your most recent one)
6 (18.2%)

N/A -- I have no other half, YOU INSENSITIVE BASTARD!
4 (12.1%)

What haveyou heard of

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I've not heard of TCP/IP
4 (11.8%)

I've heard of it but don't know what it is
4 (11.8%)

I know what it is
28 (82.4%)

I've administered networks
7 (20.6%)

I've specifically sent a TCP packet
7 (20.6%)

I've specifically sent a non-TCP IP packet
6 (17.6%)

I've specifically sent a non-IP ethernet packet
5 (14.7%)

Comments

[nanaya]

I don't much care for the term "other half" (for reasons that have little if anything to do with having more than one partner).

One of my friends coined "fractions" for this very purpose. As in, "Lovely to see you, how are the Fractions?". Which I like a lot but it doesn't translate well to people who aren't already cognisant of poly.

I don't like "other half" much either, but I do tend to use it with people who won't understand "primary". Or for comedy purposes. OTOH, we are engaged & stuff, so we may change references at some point anyway, tho I'm not sure about that either.

[redbird]

Fair enough. I once greeted a friend at a convention with "hi. Your other two thirds are at $location." But mostly I'll say "partners" or ask after specific people if I see a friend without their partner(s). "How are Tim and Mark?" in the same way that I'd ask someone else "and how's Cally?"

[nanaya]

I think it was her way of joking that she had difficulty keeping up with my exciting life...