I understand where you are coming from. It's awesome that you are thinking about how your relationships will impact your children, we both know how important that is. I have completely ruled out my extended family helping me with parenting, I am just hoping to meet other couples with the same stance on parenting as me. The financial aspect of polygamy makes total sense. I am still thinking about how I'm going to be able to make money and be able to have both my husband and I stay home with our child during his or her childhood. Luckily I have a bit of time to figure that out. I see the appeal of polyamory. I've been reading blogs and watching youtube videos about it, since I've read your comment. However, I think having multiple partners would take away from the intimacy of relationships. I'm still not sure if that is warranted or not.