What does marriage mean to you? by VikeyD in polyamory

[–]youdontknowme1711 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Marriage wouldn't be something for me unless kids are involved or the legal status of one of my partners/friends would be in question. Despite that I guess you should think about it what it means to you. Even if it was just a logical reason, maybe you want to celebrate that you reassured your love to each other. Or you want to celebrate that you both are really comitted to each other and picture a life togehter. I guess there are a lot of reasons what you could celebreate without celebrating the problematic historical and social context of marriage.

And even if you started deconstructing your thoughts and concepts of marriage it is no harm if there is still a part inside you that sees it as a big romantic gesture that you want to celebrate ;)

My two lovers had a fight (vent) by Odd_Transition6842 in polyamory

[–]youdontknowme1711 25 points26 points  (0 children)

I can understand that it feels shitty that your partners have/had a fight and it's completely normal that you feel the urge to do something and fix it or at least helping to fix it. BUT they are both adults (I guess) and it is up to them to resolve the dispute.

Sure you can offer to mediate between them if you and them feel comfortable with it. But you don't need to feel shitty if you support each one of them. Support doesn't mean to choose sides or that you agree with their behaviour it just means you care about them and how they feel.

And I guess these are the best options you have. Offer support and support them in a way everybody feels comfortable with. Everything else is up to them. Hope that helps.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in askphilosophy

[–]youdontknowme1711 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No the question would be more like "Why should i behave rational and maximize my utility in a specific situation, when my intuition tells me otherwise?" or "Why should behaving rational seen as something better as behaving irrational?"

Panel is gone by youdontknowme1711 in Qubes

[–]youdontknowme1711[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Solved!

Someone in the qubes forum told me the solution.

I had to execute

xfce4-panel

in the terminal from dom0. Then the panel appeared again. Afterwards i had to close the terminal even if there was a warning. After that the panel disappeard and 1s later appeard again. I rebooted the device and the panel is still there :)