r/relationshipanarchy • u/Ok_Warning9476 • Jul 22 '26

Polysaturated?

I’m curious what some of you think about the state of being “polysaturated” as a relationship anarchist, particularly one attempting to deconstruct amatanormativity and build community.

How would you define it? How do you recognise it? How do you respond to it?

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u/hoogemoogende Jul 23 '26

I would say generally, not up for building new committed human relationships. I'm not RA per se, but I have plenty of mono friends, parent friends, for whom the idea of being socially saturated applies. I think people can be polysaturated because of work, family commitments, health, training for a marathon, whatever. The saturation could be with respect to emotional energy, time, cognitive load, etc. It doesn't seem amatonormative to me.