The Libra Experience

As mentioned in the “About the Journey” post, my Libra was the first experience albeit, long distance and conducted entirely over the internet. It was one of two romantic relationships, going beyond sex and friendship.

We knew each other from another social media and had, for quite a while, engaged in comments under posts, DM, and over video chat, respectfully challenging each other’s political views in friendly banter. He a Nazi Fascist, I a Libertarian Anarchist. We had points of agreement (namely, our shared disdain of the globalist authoritarianism) and points of decisive divergence (namely, what we thought should supplant it, and why). While both of us had a reputation for some savagery when engaged in debate with others, with each other, we were respectful. Our discussions were intellectually stimulating to me. We both came to the table with researched views and being able to effectively argue the principles on which we stood. He is intelligent and, whether I agreed or not, I respected his mind.

When I began writing about my budding journey, he contacted me, asking to have a video chat so he could hear my thoughts. He later admitted that he’d done so with the intent to mock me as nonmonogamy is outside the fascist value system for family and sexuality. However, at the end of a long intellectual and honest discussion, he asked if he could journey with me and I agreed that I’d…