I told myself I was going to stay out of this but I just can’t help but feel like something HUGE is being misunderstood here. Being someone who is polyamorous, I see my lifestyle choice highly misunderstood by not only people in real life, but also on social standings like tv and even within games, ffxiv for example. So, I’m going to put up my two cents in and maybe help educate some people who are misunderstanding as well.
The points above are correct about the “you don’t like it, ignore it.” Keep doing this. If you don’t like something then ignore it, block it and move on and do what you love.
However the thing I keep seeing being said after @fitecatte post, is that people are saying “open relationship”. As if using it interchangeably with Polygamy. While at face value you’d think that they are the same, they are not.
There is closed relationships and open relationships. Then there is monogamous and polyamorous. These things are their own. The terms both fall under the heading of “ethical nonmonogamy,” but they are not synonymous. You can combine them or do one without the other.
You can have a open poly relationship which means that while you are romantically committed to more than one person, you are free to add new partners, this is a mutual agreement between all parties. Even if one person doesn’t wish to take on more partners of their own, they may welcome others for their partners.
You can have closed poly relationships which means you have multiple partners, but no new partners will be added by anyone, it is a mutual agreement.
You can have an open monogamous relationship. Which means that you are welcome to take on several sexual partners, but you are only romantically interested in the person you have initiated the relationship with.
You can have closed monogamous relationship. Which is what people are most common to seeing. You are romantically and sexually involved in a single person.
You can also be open but also not poly or mono. Which means you take on however many sexual partners, but you are not romantically invested in anyone.