The main character in a story I am writing was the child of a polyamourous triad and I find myself stuck for how to refer to family members. I was mostly having problems referring to her non-biological parent, but other terms would help too.
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Date: 2007-11-20 03:07 (UTC)From:Do they need to differentiate between actual physical relationships? Mother/father/ and 'blood'mother/father?
They could just use different forms - mama, mother, mom, father, dada, daddy, papa, or other endearments specific to the person...
More formal terms (can't be bothered to write 'father' as well... insert at will)- lovemother/bloodparent/fostermother/polywife/mama/othermother/altma - alt mother or alpha XP... bored now.
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Date: 2007-11-20 05:20 (UTC)From:I read and learnt about lots of different ways in fiction XD But none of them seemed the way I wanted it to be. :\
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Date: 2007-11-20 05:39 (UTC)From:It is basically exactly what you described and is good! It might help in other ways.
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Date: 2007-11-20 05:42 (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2007-11-20 05:39 (UTC)From:Either that or genetic engineering to fertilize one person's ovum with genetic material from another person.
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