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Having A Great Three-Way Relationship
Three-way sex may be one and done, but what if you want to keep things going and have an actual relationship?
Six years ago when I was still happily monogamously married, I never even considered the possibility of a three-way relationship, that is until my husband James and I opened up our marriage and I found myself in a couple of them.
Originally, James and I intended to just bring more sexual exploration into our marriage, but it soon turned into more than that, with two such relationships for me; one with James and Tamara, where we are all romantically and sexually involved with each other and another one with Nat, where he and I are romantically involved, and he and James are just friends, although Nat is treated almost like an extended member of our family.
Three-way sex is one thing that certainly comes with its own challenges as well as its own upsides, but how do you actually keep a three-way relationship afloat when having a healthy relationship with just one other person is hard enough? I think that the answer lies in the fact that polyamorous relationships have no inherent structure or rules and so you and your partners have to actually craft one that works for you. Bringing that level of intention and flexibility to the table actually helps a…
