Quote Originally Posted by BW
Yes, but in some polygamous situations, the wives actually build relationships with each other, and with the children of the other wives, so there is a kind of "family network" of energy that can form. It's very different than the energy in a monogamous relationship, and I think it's probably a lot harder to establish (the more personalities involved, the more likely you are to have clashes), but it seems to me it's do-able.

I have a number of polyamorous friends, and there are a few interesting arrangements (one triad group with two women and one man, for example) that seem for all the world to work very well, indeed.
Maybe a lack of deception as well as bonding creates a workable dynamic, then.