Girl in my frat: …I just think that a relationship involving more than one person is wrong.
Me: You mean adultery? Or polyamory?
Girl in my frat: Is there really a difference?
Me: Well, one implies the betrayal of the confines of a relationship by involving some other party. One implies the understanding that the confines of a relationship can involve some other party.
Girl in my frat: I just think it’s wrong.
Me: So don’t do it.
Girl in my frat: I don’t think anyone else should do it, either.
Me: Why? It’s not affecting you.
Girl in my frat: Neither do murders or robberies in other countries. But I don’t think they should happen.
Me: You can’t equate polyamory to murder!
Girl in my frat: Why not? Both are wrong at the root of the matter.
Me: How is polyamory wrong?
Girl in my frat: Because it’s cheating.
Me: It’s not cheating if both parties are consenting and enjoying it.
Girl in my frat: That’s impossible.
Me: Why?
Girl in my frat: You can’t love more than one person.
Me: Says who?
Girl in my frat: It’s just impossible. That’s a lot to do. It’s enough to love one person. I can’t imagine myself loving more than one person.
Me: Some people can. And do.
Girl in my frat: I couldn’t do it.
Me: So therefore other people can’t do it either?
Girl in my frat: I just don’t think it’s possible if I can’t do it.
Me: I can’t whistle. Does that mean everyone else in the world can’t whistle?
Girl in my frat: It’s just wrong!
Me: Why?
Girl in my frat: Until I see someone I know intimately whose personality I understand do it, I just don’t think it’s possible. Or right.
Me: (smacks forehead, gets back to eating food after seeing argument is fruitless)