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As any student of human nature will tell you, while polyamory in theory can run in all directions, in practice, there are far more one-man-multiple-wife groupings out there than there are other configurations. Max's pentad is an anomaly.
This makes sense when you think of it in Darwinian terms. A man with three wives can produce a child every three months. A woman with three husbands has no such advantage. Max would probably say that her grouping is anomalous precisely because they embrace polyamory out of enlightened hedonism, rather than mere instinct.
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(Wednesday, INT: Max's place, living room)
JH: Seriously, I said no. Fuck off.
MH: Alright, alright, I will drop this topic of conversation entirely on one condition: you give me one good solid reason why you're turning down an objective good, without referencing solvable problems or religions you no longer follow.
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JH: Would you believe instinct?
MH: No. I would not. I do not believe there is an instinct in the human genome to wait until marriage.
JH: Well, that's what it feels like, quite frankly.
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JH: Okay, how about this: if I have sex with you, my monogamuggle instinct for sexual possessiveness will take over, and I'll feel compelled to claim you exclusively and kill your current boyfriends with a sharp rock.
MH: Alright, that's an instinct I'll believe in.
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JH: Well, thanks. Good to know your opinion of me.
MH: I notice you're not going to kill off Carol?
JH: Heck no, she's gonna be wife number two.
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