That's one of the sillier polyvangelistic arguments I've heard. As you say, people can express different aspects of their personalities in their non-romantic relationships, and beyond that, I don't believe a personality is something one needs to "live up to" in any case - or, if it is, that "living up to it" means expressing as many facets of one's personality as one can.
One could use this "living up to the full potential of one's personality" line to argue, for instance, "Everyone ought to have kids! Parenthood creates a myriad of new facets to our identities, new roles for us to explore, and anyone who doesn't experience that isn't living up to the full potential of their personality!" But not everyone wants to, and why should they?
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2018-01-19 03:11 pm (UTC)One could use this "living up to the full potential of one's personality" line to argue, for instance, "Everyone ought to have kids! Parenthood creates a myriad of new facets to our identities, new roles for us to explore, and anyone who doesn't experience that isn't living up to the full potential of their personality!" But not everyone wants to, and why should they?