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Three-Way vs Threesome relationships and who sleeps in the middle?

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Call me old-fashioned. Call me conservative. But there’s this new fad that seems to have taken off…and I don’t know how fashionable fashionable is, but jeezim… a three-way relationship? Boy + Girl + Girl Boy + Girl + Boy Boy + Boy + Boy Girl + Girl + Girl Whichever way you look at it: somebody has to sleep in the middle. Tonight, during a dinner conversation, a friend, let’s call him *John, explained how he partook (?) in a three-way relationship. Now a three-way relationship is slightly different than just a good old-fashioned threesome. We’re not just talking sex here. We’re talking emotional investment – in two people. THIS, my friends, is also ever so slightly more complicated than a regular relationship. Because the dynamic involves not just ONE partner to consider, but two… and let’s face it, it’s difficult enough to deal with one whiny bitch. Imagine two! What boggles my mind though, is – if you’re in an existing relationship, how do you open the conversation to start off someth...