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FAQ
These are some of the most frequently asked questions about the PLAB-Group.
- How did we meet?
- Who sleeps with whom? How do we decide which bed to end up in?
- Kids and families of choice...are you having any?
- Budgeting
- Do you live together?
- Coming out
- Did you ever consider just switching partners?
- Do we think we're better/more evolved/advanced than traditional monogamous couples?
- Holidays and/or family of origin issues
- Are we all going to keep our names?
- What does PLAB stand for?
- What do you guys look like?
- Are you still swingers?
- How do you know you're right for each other?
Do you all live together?
Answered By: G
G's Version: – 23 March 2004
At the beginning of our relationship, we (Cat and I) lived at "PLAB-East", a small apartment in Selby-Dale in St. Paul. Beth and Jack lived at "PLAB-West", the bottom half of a duplex in Minneapolis Northeast. Neither of us was particularly happy with our housing situations. Our apartment was kipplefying all around us, and theirs had bad carpet and a lazy landlord.
Soon enough (perhaps too soon) talk turned to moving in together, and even though it was totally insane, the more we talked, the more it started making sense. Communal living has a lot of benefits:
- It's cheaper. The house we ended up buying (PLAB-South), a five bedroom, was such a screaming deal that we couldn't pass it up. It's the first bedroom of a house that costs the most. After all, we don't need two kitchens, two living rooms, two laundry rooms, etc, because they're not in use most of the time.
- It's convenient. We got sick of driving back and forth, and not having everything at each house. How many times do you lug guitars, and BDSM boxes back and forth before it starts being obnoxious? Once.
So, eventually, we bought the house. A naysayer would wonder whether our living together was too soon, which maybe it was, or maybe not. Other people wonder if we moved in together so that our cross-partner relationships can exist without breaking up the primary ones...did Beth and I drive this? Possibly, but we're the ones that lust after change, and we drive a lot of things, including all the stupid changes.
It's only been a week, but living together seems to be going really well, and we have remained freak-out free. Wish us luck!
