Feb. 28th, 2023

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Someone brought up a conversation about SCA peerage, and the advisability of romantic entanglements between a peer and their students. To which I shared my story:

Back in the early 1990's I moved from Oertha to southern An Tir to transfer to a new university, and soon fell for a nice knight and we moved in together. In addition to all the normal boyfriend things helped me build armour, taught me the basics of fighting, taught me many sewing tricks, etc, We lived together three years and I enjoyed our very much poly relationship (the term had yet to be coined, but An Tir was a very friendly kingdom, and it seemed that most of our friends were, or had been, at least lovers with one of our lovers, if not one of our lovers).

Then I finished up my bachelors degree, and of all the graduate programs I applied to, the only one to accept me was back in Alaska. The above mentioned knight/boyfriend explained that he was allergic to cold, and thus wouldn't be moving with me. I to which I replied"but I am not done learning from you!". So, after discussing that there were no knights closer to the Barony of Wintersgate, to which I was moving, than a 5 to 8 hour drive away, so no matter what, if I were to be a squire, it would be long distance, we agreed that I would become his squire. We waited till my last event in An Ti, and after we took down the pavilion (and thus were no longer sleeping together, since he doesn't believe that Knights and Squires should sleep together, and I agree), I became his squire. He, sadly, dropped out of the SCA long ago, but we still keep in touch, are still friends, and I still count myself as his squire.

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