Bride and Groom Form Polyamorous Relationship With Their Bridesmaid

When Karalyn Henry finally confessed her true romantic orientation to the love of her life, the pair probably didn’t expect to both find love again with one of the bridesmaids at their own wedding.

(Photo Credit: Instagram @karalyncat)

At their wedding in November 2018 Karalyn, from Ohio, United States, and her now husband Justin tied the knot. One of the bridesmaids for the ceremony was Karalyn’s friend Lana with whom she had been speaking to frequently on Tumblr leading up to the ceremony. Since the wedding, the three have been living as a polyamorous triad.

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Speaking to the Daily Star, Karalyn explained about her trepidation about bringing up her true romantic orientation to her fiancé, a feeling which she had been bottling up for some 5 years:

“I brought my worries up with my now husband, and he nonchalantly said, ‘Well you can just date a girl on the side’ […] My mind was blown – I didn’t even think that was a possibility to be honest. We gave it a go though, and it just worked so perfectly that it stuck to us.”

(Photo Credit: Instagram @karalyncat)

Karalyn met Lana online, but due to Lana living in Northern Ireland, the pair didn’t meet until Lana flew over to be a bridesmaid for Justin and Karalyn’s wedding. While Karalyn and Lana conducted their relationship without involving Justin during the early period of their relationship, over time Lana and Justin also developed feelings for each other.

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Karalyn explained the development of the relationship in terms of polyamorous relationships in her comments to the Daily Star:

“It started out as a Poly V Triad; which means that Lana and I were dating, but not Justin and her. So if you looked at our relationship drawn in a diagram, it would form a ‘V’ with the point at the bottom being myself. When Lana flew over for our wedding, though, they both developed crushes on each other, and started dating as well. That turned us into a regular Poly Triad.”

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Karalyn has stated that she has ‘never been happier’ as she is in this relationship, and the family and friends of the triad have been very supportive of the decision.

However, not all of society is as understanding. Karalyn has pointed towards people thinking that she’s cheating on her husband and an attitude that she should ‘just pick one’ as amongst the main troubles that her and the triad as a whole face.  In fact, in a time where polyamory is becoming a more frequently discussed topic, you only have to search for news stories on polyamorous relationships to see the polarising effect that it has on people.  Karalyn even has commented on how her mother was initially trepidatious of the idea, ‘but when I came out to her, explained the situation, and she saw how happy I was, and how happy I loved both of my partners; she changed her mind.’

(Photo Credit: Instagram @karalyncat)

At the end of the day, I suppose not much really matters so long as the triad are happy, which they are! Karalyn has also said that she hopes telling her story will open more and more people’s eyes to the world of polyamory.  AAx.

 

 

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