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I'm trying to wrap my head around why anyone would add a monogamous person to a poly network. Seems they would always be causing issues, no?
The idea behind relationship design is that if they agree that it works for them, then it's valid. I know a couple people online who have discussed being on either side of such a dynamic. If the monogamous person wants to eventually marry etc. then perhaps the relationship has a planned expiration time - that's okay too. Or the polyam person could be fine being married to that person so long as they're still allowed to have their other relationships still. Point is that they get to decide for themselves what they're okay with. It could also just be that the monogamous person only wants one partner, but does not mind that partner having more than one.
Of course, I should also mention I'm using the term "relationship" but part of it being intentionally designed means it could look very different than what you're envisioning. Like the polyam person could be ace but desires multiple romantic relationships, and the monogamous person might think that's fine. Or maybe the monogamous person is really just monogamous wrt child raising, and wants only that dyad to be co-parenting, but if otherwise open to other forms of relationship. Etc.
A related idea is relationship anarchy.