The New York Times had a headline on the right way for a throuple to break up. What is a throuple? Spellcheck, like me, doesn't know - it thinks it is throttle or trouble. I figured that was a good guess.
Taylor offers this definition: “A throuple is a relationship between three people who have all unanimously agreed to be in a romantic, loving, relationship together with the consent of all people involved.” You may also hear a throuple referred to as a three-way relationship, triad, or closed triad.
This is where those Frequently Asked Questions come in handy:
What are the rules of a throuple?
Do throuples sleep in the same bed?
What's the difference between polyamory and throuple?
Is it illegal to have a throuple?
Can a throuple have a baby?
I actually don't want all the answers, or even most of the answers. There are full guide books to throuple relationships, as though a how-to book is needed. Maybe that's because the answer to "How common are throuples?" is this: one in six people express interest and one in nine have engaged in it at some point.
That explains all the articles on stars who've been in throuples - there are so many that Cosmopolitan had an article on 11 celebrities who've "opened up about non-monogamy". Those are the ones who want to talk about it. There are the "hottest celebrity throuples", "famous throuples in history", famous throuples on tiktok".
So now that I am aware of this form of relationship, I look back at how I got here. What got my attention was the word itself - a portmanteau word - blending two or more words. Somehow throuple doesn't show up in the list on grammary.com HERE.
The word that did get attention and was fun is threepeat (three + repeat) – a situation or event with the same outcome three times, typically in reference to a sporting event, like a championship. So a person could have a threepeat throuple.
This orchard is in Jordan and if you look at the far end - that's the QEW with trucks racing by. I stopped for some pictures because the trees were such interesting shapes.
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