
Committed Couples Who've Had A Threesome Sound Off About How It Turned Out
[rebelmouse-image 18347592 is_animated_gif=Love and commitment takes work. It's not as happily ever after as the movies like to portray it. One consistent issue in sustaining a long term love story is keeping the intimacy and the sex interesting. After awhile with the same old face one might feel as though the heat has fizzled. Certain adventure can be a risk but if everyone is on the same page... it's a risk worth exploring.
Redditor _airdnaxela_g expressed interest in salacious details regarding relationship adventures by asking People who have had a threesome with their partner, how did that turn out?
ONCE MORE WITH FEELING!
I think my boyfriend thought I was jealous after she left. So he had sex with me almost immediately after. That after threesome sex was the best I've ever had.
AT LEAST IT'S A SHOW.
[rebelmouse-image 18347593 is_animated_gif=It was a little, hmm, crushing maybe? A hit to the ego?
The two girls seemed to enjoy it with each other more than anything else.
HOW MATTER OF FACT.
[rebelmouse-image 18347595 is_animated_gif=Me and my g/f went out drinking one night, met a girl at the bar and she came back to my apartment for some more drinks. Had a threesome that was amazing, and the girl left when we were done. Talked to the g/f after and we both agreed it was a lot of fun and went to bed. Woke up the next day, talked about how much fun we had and after that it was never brought up again for the next year we dated.
AND THEN THERE WAS 1!
[rebelmouse-image 18347596 is_animated_gif=It went okay. There were two no-shows, but I salvaged it.
CRYING?! THERE'S NO CRYING IN THREESOMES!
[rebelmouse-image 18347598 is_animated_gif=Started out great. We had a female friend who we'd been flirting with for a while. She came over for dinner and a few drinks. The three of us started making out, clothes were coming off, hands were going everywhere, and then... My partner started crying. Threesome over. Friend went home, and we hugged and talked it out.
I LIKE BIG BUTTS AND I CANNOT LIE.
[rebelmouse-image 18977678 is_animated_gif=The other girl had a bigger butt and I didn't even make it to my gf. My girlfriend watched me have sex with her friend. But her friend satisfied her. We are no longer together and its super awkward whenever i see either of them
TRIFLIN'!!
[rebelmouse-image 18977679 is_animated_gif=It was very meh. My boyfriend at the time was really into the idea. We talked a girl we met at a party. Turns out, it was basically two straight girls with one dude, the girl and I weren't into each other at all. It's not like she was unattractive or anything, just am not into girls really, as it turns out.
My boyfriend then goes and keeps talking to her after the threesome, and when he tells me that we were going to do it again, I told him no, but then he said he had flirted with her too much to back out at this point, and it happened a second time. It really pissed me off that he didn't respect that no means no... one of the many reasons that he is now an ex.
Later the girl started texting him asking to have sex with just him...
WHY BOTHER THEN?
[rebelmouse-image 18977680 is_animated_gif=For me, I feel like I couldn't really enjoy it because I was manipulated into it. He spend 3 years trying to convince me to do it. She wasn't all that into it either as it turns out.
JUST ARMS & LEGS EVERYWHERE!
[rebelmouse-image 18977682 is_animated_gif=Not my partner but had a 3 some with my best friend and his girl. (MMF) a couple times and once I picked up a girl at the bar who was into it so we had a 4 some. Friend and his girl are still together and I'm in a relationship with a new girl now who's definitely not into it so we don't do it anymore and I don't push for it.
SEIZE THE DAY!
[rebelmouse-image 18977683 is_animated_gif=Surprisingly well. My husband had a little crush on a coworker and would "jokingly" ask me for a threesome. I brushed it off for a while, and considered it just harmless office flirting. Then one night she babysat for us, and the joke was brought up again, and we just kinda went for it. I initially did it to fulfill his fantasy, but I was surprisingly into it and we all had enough fun to do it again a few weeks later. Before the encounter, I was starting to get a bit jealous of their flirtatious relationship, but here's the twist: it turns out, she actually had a crush on me! She wanted to make it a regular thing and wanted to hook up with me solo. Once I realized her intentions, I had to end it. "Breaking up" with her was a bit awkward, but we had fun while it lasted. No regrets.
SOMETIMES IT WORKS AND SOMETIMES NO.
[rebelmouse-image 18977684 is_animated_gif=I had one partner that really took it hard after (it was her idea in the first place), and I had one that loved doing it on the regular. I was cool with it. Lots of fun times.
BE ON SOLID GROUND.
[rebelmouse-image 18977685 is_animated_gif=My fiancee and i had a threesome. She ended up sticking around for over a year. It was fun while it lasted though. Including her, we had a five \some and a foursome. Still with the fiancee. Relationship between she and i is a bit rocky. Tends to happen when you involve emotions into the mix.
HOW POETIC...
[rebelmouse-image 18977686 is_animated_gif=My girlfriend wanted a threesome
To that I readily agreed
Imagine my shock
When they forsake my "stuff"
And then kept going without me.
THE SECRETS TO FOREVER.
[rebelmouse-image 18977687 is_animated_gif=I've done this several times and everything was good with all the ladies. And guys.
It's not for everyone, probably not for most people. But if you go into it with the right attitude and some understanding it can be enlightening, erotic, and fulfilling for everyone. The first time was my wife's (girlfriend at the time) idea. She had a very good friend who was having some trouble finding a useful partner for sexual purposes. She was also not interested in a long term relationship of any sort. Her career was just taking off and she worked long and irregular hours.
So, my wife offered me for some fun times. My wife and I were, and are, very open about things. But when she came home after a girls night out and said"I told Sherry she could bang you," I was a bit surprised.
The first several times were threesomes. Then Sherry would show up by herself. No issues at all. We're all still great friends. Sherry got married a couple years later and asked us to keep the secret. Her new husband was ultra religious and very conservative. We kept the secret and never was a word spoken.
This happened probably 5-7 times with different ladies. And I was reciprocal. If we met a guy she liked we did the same. That was much rarer. I suppose because she is really more into FFM than two guys. But we do have a guy she sees now, probably a couple times a month. And I still sometimes see the other ladies, whenever they are interested. I'm not as able lately, due to a spinal injury, but I try to help where I can.
It has been great. We've been married 20 years and neither of us has ever hinted at any sort of jealousy. We know we'll be together until the dirt falls on our caskets and, until then, everything is wide open. It's great for us, but I can certainly see where and why it might be a serious obstacle to many others. It takes a special kind of trust and the right people or you'll end up riding off a cliff into disaster.
HOW MATURE.
[rebelmouse-image 18977688 is_animated_gif=My bf (now ex) and I invited another girl in, a few times. An acquaintance of his prior (they hadn't slept together previously though).
We all slept together a few times, I started catching the feels for her, she started getting the feels for him and we called it quits soon after that because we were all open about it and didn't want things to drastically change.
It was always just for fun and enjoyment and yeah, adults about it thankfully and good communication. The threesomes were hot as hell and still think about them at times!
BE IN THE MOMENT.
[rebelmouse-image 18977689 is_animated_gif=Not a threesome, but a MFMF foursome. Twice. With the same couple.
The first time was incredible. The second time was just this past weekend and it was also pretty great but I'm a little in my head about it and sort feeling weirdly vulnerable and self-conscious about it now.
T.M.I !!
[rebelmouse-image 18977690 is_animated_gif=Bad... alcohol and erectile dysfunction.
SEXY SECRETS BETWEEN FRIENDS.
[rebelmouse-image 18977691 is_animated_gif=Pretty great. Happened quite often over the course of a couple years. We're still close friends with the other girl, who is now married.
SPREAD THE WEALTH?
[rebelmouse-image 18977692 is_animated_gif=I got to disappoint 2 women instead of just one.
BE HONEST.
[rebelmouse-image 18977693 is_animated_gif=I wanted to have one, and my ex said she did too.
Well, apparently she didn't, but was too afraid to say anything and eventually dumped me.
I'D RATHER ROAST BEEF & SWISS...
[rebelmouse-image 18977694 is_animated_gif=It was okay. I started to think. " would anyone miss me if I wasn't here?" The other girl started to kick me and then I got bored. I ended up making a snack. It was just a sandwich. Turkey. With a little mustard.
Dating and the search for love and companionship... What a nightmare.
This journey plays out nothing like in the movies.
Every Prince or Princess (or everything in BTW) seems to have a touch of the psycho.
The things people say during what should be simple dinner conversation can leave a dining partner aghast.
Like... do you hear you?
Redditor detroit_michigldan wanted to discuss all the best ways to crash and burn when trying to make a romantic connection. They asked:
"You're on a date and it's going really great. What can another person say to ruin it completely?"
I once had a guy ask me if I was willing to follow him into the woods, depending on the price of the meal.
Yeah. No steak is worth that.
Plans After...
"Thanks for the ride but I have a date with someone else, I figured you wouldn't drive me if you knew I was going on a date with someone else and I really needed a ride."
"Online dating, talked to her for a while, finally got the courage to ask her out and then she said that as we got there."
iareyours
Mirror Image
“'You look just like my wife!'”
catalinachild
"I did have a guy tell me I reminded him of his son. I don’t believe English has a word to adequately describe my feelings at that time."
UnicornMagicRainbow
"That would definitely do it."
chaotica78
Third Wheel
"'Hope you don't mind if my mother joins us.'"
ofsquire
"Actually had a girl do this on a first date because she had anxiety issues. Honestly wasn’t bad except that 90% of the time she was silent and her mom talked over her."
"I didn’t mind that much and wouldn’t have minded trying again when she was more comfortable except that she was let go at the company we worked at and she deleted her social media profiles and she never responded on her number. Ah well."
Seightx
Liar
"'Hey bro aren't you gay? I made out with you last night.'"
"Random dude I've never seen before in front of my (f) date."
JHXC16
Was he lying though?
Filter Issues
"'You looked better on Tinder.'"
waqasnaseem07
"Isn’t it basic knowledge that everybody looks slightly worse than the worst picture you can find?"
no_user_ID_found
The Past
"'My ex used to do that too.'"
xxIvyOF
"Yep. I’ve definitely had two otherwise-decent-guy date-situations sour because the ex-comparisons just would not stop flowing. No woman wants to be seen as interchangeable—I’m not here to perfectly fill that ex-sized hole in your life. Focusing on the present moment and a future we could build together is a courtesy we need to grant each other in earliest dates of dating."
LarkScarlett
Powerless
"'I'm an alpha, you cant handle my top energy.'"
Midnightgay28
"I actually left a dude in the middle of dinner, in part, for saying this. I ordered an Uber under the table while pretending to listen to him. Went to the bathroom, and never came back. That was when I was young. Now I’d just say, 'How about we enjoy this meal in silence, before we head our separate ways.'”
UnicornMagicRainbow
Mommy...
"'Mother says I should be back by 9.'"
"Saying 'mother says' just feels weird."
bunnyrut
"That gives me Norman Bates vibes."
Werewolf_lover20
"'Mother says alligators are aggressive because they have an overabundance of teeth, but lack a toothbrush.'"
sodaextraiceplease
Obvs...
"'If you were going to be murdered, what method would you prefer. Purely hypothetical. Obvs.'"
Specific_Tap7296
If it looks anything like a Dateline NBC episode... RUN!
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Despite the advancement of technology rendering people left to their own devices–literally–to entertain them, there are some leisurely activities that will never go out of style.
Or so you would think.
Do people still knit to pass the time? Are people actively collecting stamps?
It depends on who's asking.
Curious to hear about hobby trends, Redditor gizehgizeh asked:
"What are once popular hobbies that are slowly dying these days?"

Before we've become conditioned to living on our phones, these activities used to keep people occupied.
Before Texting, There Was This
"Letter writing."
– littlekingMT
Literal And Tangible Joy
"Well the internet killed pen pals for sure. I do remember I had a Japanese girl for a penpal maybe back in 2007 or so. I honestly don't remember how it started, pretty sure some website, but that was a fun experience. But now I can just straight up talk to foreign people real time, lol. But yea getting a physical letter that someone took the time to write and mail still is hard to beat feelings wise."
– skyburnsred
Model Trains
"When I was growing up, every town had a model train store in it. Now I have one in region and everything else has to be bought online."
– Hairy_Effective1172
Pretty Rocks
"Don’t see anyone playing marbles anymore, I had an awesome collection in school."
– sheeple85
"I had some marbles as a kid in the 90s. My grandma got them for me and I had no idea what I was supposed to do with them. I always imagined them as a thing kids in the 40s played with."
– Ryoukugan
People Were Moving Canvases
"Paintball has been dying a slow death since 2006. Sad, really."
– hobo_recycler
Before the general population began hating clutter, collecting was once a "thing."
Precious Coins
"Coin collecting... I'm a silver/gold nut and I'm always hunting for precious metal coins. whenever I go into a shop they get all excited because 'no one under 70 collects coins anymore.'"
– ThatFishySmell99
Post It
"Stamp collecting."
– spooky_scully_mulder
"Collecting in general, really. Of course there are still prominent collectors but it's slipped more into enthusiast and niche territory than being a popular hobby that you might expect anyone to have."
– iuytrefdgh436yujhe2
What A Gem
"Rockhounding was immensely popular back in the 1950's and 1960's. Personally, I think it's a fascinating and fulfilling hobby, but when I go to a meeting at a rock and gem club, I'm usually the youngest one in the room by several decades."
– filthy_lucre
People once enjoyed making things.
Admiring The View
"Stained glass. I learned how to make it from my old man, and my junior high art class teacher also taught it. Very few artisans are still around."
– brobeanzhitler
Metal Vocation
"Black smithing."
– kenworth117
"I bought a forge to try. It’s insanely hard work, and crazy expensive. I still haven’t finished a piece."
– DSentvalue
Scrapbooking
"Yeah. I'm watching the arts and crafts stores around me completely uninstalling their racks for specialty paper. Now the only thing they have is mega packs of repeating colors/images. To boot all the inclusions like papercraft/die-cut things, washi tape, scissors, stickers, etc have gotten so expensive I would rather go buy $5 bags at value village to get an assortment of things versus buying anything new. I really, really miss yard sales for the same reasons."
– Phantasmai
I envy people who have jobs that are basically their hobbies.
Not everyone gets paid doing what they actually enjoy and have a profound level of passion for.
If they do, kudos to them.
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When we first meet someone–whether through mutual friends, at school, or in a new work setting–we generally feel people out to determine if they're worth getting to know.
While the process could take time, some people make our jobs much easier after spotting instant red flags.
Curious to hear about our general radar of people, Redditor xxFluffie asked:
"What is something that makes you immediately dislike someone?"

Some people just think they are absolutely hilarious and never realize they're the only ones laughing.
Next In Line
"They laugh about having screwed someone else over. If you think you're not next, well, you'll learn."
– whiznat
Unfunny
"when you mention you don't like a thing and they immediately do that thing 'as a joke.'"
– wayfinder
Playing Devil's Advocate
"Kneejerk contrarians. People who, no matter what you say you like or believe, just have to dismiss it and say they like or think the opposite."
– BubbhaJebus
People who put others down get slammed here.
Bad Parents
"When they treat their kids sh**ty in public. I don't mean handling tantrums, setting a rule, having to hurry to the train etc. I mean perfectly normal-behaved kids getting in trouble for trailing along peacefully, looking at things, asking questions etc."
"If you don't like tiny humans who learn the world, why have them??"
– raxeira-etterath
Public Humiliation
"Treating people sh**ty in public for laughs. Like being rude to service workers because they think it’s funny. Big red flag."
– Ok_Personality_1080
Simply Uncalled For
"Someone who is a d*ck to other people or animals for no reason."
– xebt1000
Those with ulterior motives rubs people the wrong way.
The Scheme
"If they try to get me to join their MLM scheme."
– spazmcgee1
Hard Sell
"A guy I used to be friends with in high school reached out a couple of years after graduating about a business opportunity he wanted my opinion on because 'you've always been smart', then he set up a Skype call and brought some other dude into the call and they started trying to sell me on what was clearly an MLM scheme. The guy went from friend to 'I'm never talking to you again' in a matter of 10 minutes."
– Mental-Afternoon-164
A Timeline
"Good gawd, this! I've had more than one exposure to this abject bullsh**tery..."
- Back in the late 80's/early 90's I was invited to a meeting of literally the OG "Pyramid" where you're recruited to pay in, and then you go out and recruit others to pay in, and the last in line got f'kall.
- In 1995 I had a coworker try to reel me into Amway, which was a hard no.
- In 2000 it was Pampered Chef, though to be fair they did have useful products.
- In 2009 a coworker tried to get me into some stupid video calling service that was obviously stupid from the description. He even got offended when I called bullsh*t.
– Mystical_Cat
Too much ego is a no-go.
I Can Do Better
"Being a b*tch just to stroke their own ego."
"We get it, you can lift 5lbs more than the 12 year old, you don't have to rub it in their face just because you're slightly better"
– Livia_Pivia
Can't Top This
"Oh, you did <story that's been told>? That's nothing! I did <implausible story>.
"I get the whole empathy through relating common experience, and I'm someone who does that (which drives some people crazy on its own), but there's a big different by empathising through common experience, and one-upmanship."
– Tisarwat
Lacking Conversational Etiquette
"Starting to talk over me when I was already talking."
"Stop it you rude, arrogant jerk."
– R33Gtst
If one or more of these traits sound familiar to you, you're not alone.
We don't have time for braggadocios, pyramid-schemers, and conversation interrupters.
And that's just for starters.
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Children tend to believe just about anything they hear.
That there are monsters under your bed, watching too much TV will make your head explode, and silly faces will be permanent if you make them too often.
The sky is truly the limit when it comes to silly things that children will believe.
Some call it naivitée, other's youthful innocence.
But it's hard not to look back with embarrassment on certain things we believed as a child, that today might simply seem dumb.
Redditor Disastrous_Toe_6548 was curious to learn the multitude of silly things people believed when they were children, leading them to ask:
"What's the dumbest thing you believed as a kid?"
Pleading to deaf ears...
"My dad told me he had hearing loss and couldn't hear me if I whined because my pitch would get too high."
"Would completely ignore me until I asked him questions in a normal voice."
"Trusted him implicitly until I was 12 and he yelled at my younger brother for whining."- Tyrion_Stark.
Get it while you can.
"That they took everything off the shelves when the supermarket closed."- fgyfddg.
Silly superstitions.
"My grandfather used to tell me that if I played with the fire, I'd pee the bed."
"I believed him for a while, until I got older."
"I think he was just trying to protect me from the fire."- teddypa1981.
"Rain, rain go away..."
"That if it was raining where I was, it was raining everywhere in the world."- morningshartz.
Age is just a number.
"My parents used to seem really old to me, so much so I believed they grew up like cave people as children, wearing giant leaves for clothes and what not."- Laleena_.
So that's how they're made!
"That smokestacks from the power plant created clouds."- Scaniarix.
An instant cure.
"The sun gives you sunburns, therefore, moonlight should heal them."- velocipeter.
Better safe than sorry.
"Don't drink and drive meant all drinks."
"My dad was super confused when I told him he wasn't allowed to have any soda until we got home."- hulagirlslovetoparty.
Don't believe everything you see on TV.
"There was an episode of Mickey Mouse where Mickey couldn’t reach something at first, so he tried again and somehow his arm was long enough to reach it."
"As a small kid I believed that if I couldn’t reach something, I should just try reaching for it again and my arm would then somehow be long enough to reach it."- That-Dutch-Person.
The miracle of childbirth.
"That babies are pooped out."
"When I was like 7 I was listening to my aunt as she explained that childbirth was pretty intense and painful for her, and I was all solemnly like, 'yeah, sometimes just my poops are painful, I don’t think I could get a baby out' and she went 'um, WHAT?' and her reaction made me realize real quick that I had f*cked up somewhere and I tried to change the subject while my mind was just reeling lol."- thesoundingfurrows.
Oh to be a child again.
And to believe literally everything you're told.
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