What is Ménage à trois?
{{for|the purely sexual relation between three people|threesome}} [[File:CardThisIsTheLife.jpg|thumb|250px|Postcard, c. 1910]] A '''{{lang|fr|ménage à trois}}''' ({{IPA-fr|menaʒ a tʁwɑ|lang}}) is a [[French language|French]] term used to describe a situation where three people are involved in a relationship and live together. Each of the three has a sexual [[intimate relationship|relationship]] to the two others.<ref>{{cite news|title=Brandi Glanville Wants To Be In A Throuple With Denise Richards And Aaron Phypers, But What Is That Exactly?|url=https://www.womenshealthmag.com/relationships/a27346835/what-is-a-throuple-relationship/|access-date=25 August 2021|work=Aryelle Siclait/Women Health Mag|date=25 August 2021}}</ref> A form of [[polyamory]], arrangements are sometimes identified as a '''throuple''',<ref>[https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/throuple-meaning-what-you-do-in-a-three-person-relationship_uk_5798ba5be4b0796a0b611e7a Throuple Relationships vs Threesomes Explained: What It's Like To Be In A Three-Person Romance], ''[[HuffPost]]'', 2016 July 28.</ref> '''thruple''',<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2017/11/22/this-thruple-of-two-men-and-a-woman-want-to-adopt-kids/ | title=A thruple of a married male couple and their girlfriend want to have kids | work=[[PinkNews]] | date=22 November 2017}}</ref> or '''triad'''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.morethantwo.com/polyglossary.html | title=Glossary of poly terms | website=MoreThanTwo}}</ref> In 2021, the first ever throuple got married, and it is now officially legal.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dailystar.co.uk/love-sex/polyamorous-throuple-hitched-share-everything-23317642 | title=Polyamorous throuple get hitched and share everything – from bed to bank account | date=17 January 2021 }}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Menage a trois}} [[Category:Human sexuality]] {{stub}}