Throuple reveal how they fell in love

A couple has revealed why they chose to add a third person to their relationship after they became empty nesters — and how their family reacted.

Blanca and Phillip Luna were about to become empty nesters when they decided to include a third person in their relationship.

The Texas couple fell in love with Delain Diem and became a “closed triad,” or throuple, New York Post reported.

“We like to call it ‘the power of three,’” Delain, 44, told San Antonio Express News.

“When we work together, we can knock out pretty much anything.”

Phillip, 52, and Blanca, 49, had been married 25 years, during which they “had a wonderful time being a family” and raising their three kids, said Phillip, an artist and musician. But it was time to spice things up.

Blanca, who works as a school operations administrator, said they started to date as a couple to help her explore her sexuality.

Then, they met Delain in 2017.

“She’s very intriguing, very gorgeous,” recalled Blanca, who knew Delain, 44, through work. “Phillip was like, ‘Who is that?’ So I introduced them, and we hit it off.”

Delain, who works in sales operations, had “no idea what polyamory was” when she first encountered Blanca and Phillip. At the time, she was a divorced mum-of-two — and on a date with someone else.

Blanca, Phillip and Delain are in a throuple. Picture: Instagram/lookatphiluna

She couldn’t work out if the couple were hitting on her or if she was making new friends.

Weeks later, they were “in a grimy dive bar bathroom” when Blanca leaned in for a kiss.

“Delain asked me how I stay looking so young, and I told her ‘by kissing pretty girls like you,’” Blanca said.

“That’s when I knew,” Delain chimed in. “That’s what broke the ice.”

Now, the three lovebirds are a “closed triad”, saying they love spending every moment they can together. She said it doesn’t take away from her relationship with Phillip at all, and it all felt comfortable and natural.

However, people around them have weighed in on it. Phillip said his peers started to question him but, when they see the throuple together, all concerns have disappeared.

Blanca said they gave lost friends along the way as a result.

She said she “made it clear” to her family that she was steadfast in her lifestyle choice — and some family members and former friends have managed to “say something offensive” — but the kids are incredibly accepting of the relationship.

“They set an incredible example for me,” said 24-year-old Violet Luna, who identifies as polyamorous as well.

“I’ve learned so much through observing how they love one another.”

They knew each other through work. Picture: Instagram/lookatphiluna

She also calls Delain her “bonus mum” — and likes the fact that she has additional siblings, meaning “more celebrations, more birthdays, more dinners”.

While there have been bouts of jealousy and boundaries have been crossed, the trio has worked through it all together and live a mostly “mundane” life.

Blanca is an avid thriftier, Delain volunteers at the local dog shelter, Phillip creates art and together, the triad likes to watch their favourite TV shows.

“We all have our particularities, but for the most part we work really well together,” said Delain, who moved in with the Luna family in the Crownhill Park neighbourhood of San Antonio in 2018.

The throuple, however, can’t legally wed, so in order to commit themselves to each other, they hosted a wedding ceremony, created their own certificate with their kids as witnesses and invited all their loved ones to celebrate in 2022.

“We all felt like this was a long-term, forever thing,” said Blanca.

“It was important for us to feel like we were part of a unit.”

This story originally appeared on New York Post and reproduced with permission