Barbara Neville's Blog - Posts Tagged "throuple"
Couples, throuples, fourples, and monogamish
Reinterpreting relationships. The new big thing on TV is throuples and three ways. A throuple is three people in a (traditionally couples-two people- in a relationship). Aka polyamory. It's a redefinition, not new, of marriage. Robert Heinlein, in "Stranger in a Strange Land", was my first introduction to the beast. I don't mean it in a bad way, big fan in fact.
Recently, someone coined the term 'throuple', I heard it on "You Me Her" (Audience network) and had to run with it. I saw a teaser for another show, whose name slips my mind, for a threesome. Or talk of one. Talk's cheap. So, in order to define the relationship for the situation that Annie, in my books, has with her men, I had to expand throuple beyond three. Fourple and quadouple (yikes) aren't enough. Quouple? Quiple? In plain English, there's five of them. How about quintouple? Or drop the 'O', for quintuple. All five get along fine, so far. It's fiction...or maybe not. And Annie is loving it! Comments?
Recently, someone coined the term 'throuple', I heard it on "You Me Her" (Audience network) and had to run with it. I saw a teaser for another show, whose name slips my mind, for a threesome. Or talk of one. Talk's cheap. So, in order to define the relationship for the situation that Annie, in my books, has with her men, I had to expand throuple beyond three. Fourple and quadouple (yikes) aren't enough. Quouple? Quiple? In plain English, there's five of them. How about quintouple? Or drop the 'O', for quintuple. All five get along fine, so far. It's fiction...or maybe not. And Annie is loving it! Comments?
