What's all this, then?

I recently transitioned to a new job at a much larger company. My previous employer had roughly 30 employees in all of its four offices. My new employer has nearly 80 people in one of its almost 50 locations across the country and nearly 100 locations total worldwide. So what does this have to do with poly?

How do you manage not letting it slip?

At my old job there were four people who knew. They were cool with it, though one of them was a boss who tried very diligently to live on his fantasies of what he thought I did in the bedroom. I think he would have been sorely disappointed if he knew the truth. Poor guy.

With so many people now, though, there is a wide range of sensitivities and orientations within the midst of these people. I don't know that I'll ever be able to gauge any of them, but I know that I'll eventually talk about Nyle or Elle or even Jenna (or maybe any one of their other interests), and it'll raise an eyebrow. I haven't even been here for three weeks, and I think I already have. I was talking with a co-worker of mine who I've been friends with for years and someone overheard a conversation with the mention of 'girlfriend'. I always wear my ring; girlfriends are something people hear with bias when they see a ring. It was an odd moment. I think it'll pass, though.

So I suppose it'll come down to a policy of 'if someone asks, then I'll tell them'. I won't divulge information unnecessarily, but I won't withhold it if someone is genuinely interested. It's a new challenge to deal with, I suppose.

On a similar note, when I last spoke with my father, he was polite enough to ask about Elle, which I found very comforting. Even if he may not completely agree, he is at least accepting. That makes me happy.