What? Are throuples the new couple? What? The surge in throuples is takin' the
world by storm and it's got people wondering... could it really work? Welcome
back to What's Trending, I'm Ava Gordy. Be sure to LIKE this video and SUBSCRIBE
for more stories. What if we just become an exclusively throuple channel? Hell
yeah, throuples. Throuples are exactly what they sound like.
Three people in a committed relationship, instead of that boring old snoozefest
known as a "couple." It's unclear when the phenomenon started, or who first used the
word "throuple," but concepts of polyamory have been around since the mid-1800's. But
now more and more throuples are seeking legal recognition. Three lesbians from
Massachusetts had a commitment ceremony in August of 2013, and they've had a
child! Who may kiss the bride you ask? Three-way kiss you ask? Nah. They all
took turns kissing each other. It's like a cheers.
You gotta hit everybody's glass or else it's bad luck. Their biggest problem?
Sleeping gets toasty. "It sometimes gets a bit too warm when you're trying
to sleep because there are three of us under the bedsheets."
Makes sense. I couldn't imagine this without 1) three separate beds or 2)
a California king with three separate blankets. I can't even handle the second
person in my bed stealin' my blankie. Then there's this throuple from Thailand
that's thought to be the world's first gay married throups. They were wed on
Valentine's Day in 2015, but before you get excited, they're not legally married.
Unfortunately, Thai law doesn't recognize same-sex marriage, so they had to do it
symbolically. I mean, they also don't recognize three-way marriage, so there's
a lot of problems here. One of the partners said, "I think we are the
first three-way same-sex males to have a wedding -- possibly in the world. Some
people may not agree and are probably amazed by our decision, but we believe
many people do understand and accept our choice. Love is love, after all." Then it
was brought to mainstream America in May of 2017 when a throuple was featured on
"Say Yes To The Dress." Peter and Ellen had already been married
for 10 years when they brought in Jennifer due to the original couple's
inability to have intercourse due to health issues.
Ellen was like, "Jen. Come on in. You're welcome. Let's do this!" While a throuple was new to
TLC, and television, the concept of polyamory was not. TLC had previously
started airing the reality show "Sister Wives" in 2010, but that featured one man
and four women... and a casual 18 kids. And here we finally are, the *maybe* first
legally recognized throuple in the whole wide world.
Victor Prada, John Rodriguez, and Manuel Bermudez are reportedly the first
polyamorous three-person marriage. And, yes. I mean marriage. Legally. They signed
all the documents on June 3, 2017 in Colombia giving them full legal rights
like any other married couple. Hell yeah, throuples! And most recently in the news
was New York woman Cait Earnest who, like a lot of these relationships, entered
into a throuple with a married couple. She met one of the male's of the
throuple through a dating app that advertised looking for a third. She said,
"I had never been with two people at the same time before. It's different
strokes for different folks but I would say it's a pretty fun sex life." They
currently live in a one-bedroom home with two dogs, which let's be honest, is
too many living beings in a one-bedroom home (and it's in New York). Maybe you're
asking, "Ava. Jealousy." A common theme for these
three-person relationships, is making time for all three of you, as well as
building one-on-one relationships. Some do admit to being jealous at the very
beginning. "It was a struggle even for me. The insecure part of me was like,
'Chris loves me more because he's been with me longer,' but then he told me, 'I
love you just as much as I love Cait,' so I was like, 'I need to come to terms with
that." And then they came to terms with that (obviously) because they got matching
tats! If you actually think about this like really hard, it's shocking that more
of these throuples aren't legally recognized. And why the heckity is the
United States so behind in recognizing three-person marriages? If two people can
choose to be together, then what's stopping more than
two people from choosing to be together? If we just casually break down all the
walls of societal expectations, and just completely set aside your preconceived
notions on love and marriage, this seems pretty chill. But we want to hear from
you. Would you be able to throup? If you were in a throuple and you broke up, would
you use the term "conscious unthroupling" like Gwen and Chris? Let us know in the
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