Couple join ‘throuple’ relationship with hubby’s best female friend

A married couple who invited a second woman into their bed, forming a “throuple”, have been accused of “ruining the sanctity of marriage”.

A married couple in the US say they are happier than ever after inviting the husband’s best friend to live with them in a throuple.

Justin and Katy Rupple have been married since 2013, with the 38-year-old actor always aware of his 39-year-old real estate associate wife’s desire to explore her bisexuality.

Last year they decided to do just that with Mr Rupple’s friend Claire Thornhill and the 36-year-old has since moved in with the couple.

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Katy and Justin Rupple are in a relationship with Mr Rupple’s best friend, Claire Thornhill (right). Picture: Amy Walters/Media Drum World/australscope

‘The surprise was welcomed’

Marketing executive Ms Thornhill and Mr Rupple met whilst they were in college and immediately became best friends.

Mr Rupple met his now wife in 2006 at one of his comedy shows and found they had an instant spark, so they started dating immediately.

After they married in 2013 the couple had an open discussion about what they wanted from their relationship and Ms Rupple opened up about how she wanted to explore her bisexual side and commented that she wanted to do this with Mr Rupple’s friend Ms Thornhill.

After seven years of discussing the topic, they finally reached out to Ms Thornhill and despite their fears it would ruin the relationship, she was on board.

“At first, it was a surprise as I had never been approached like this before. Despite this, the surprise was welcomed as I had always had feelings for both men and women,” Ms Thornhill said.

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Ms Thornhill and Mr Rupple have been best friends since 2006. Picture: Amy Walters/Media Drum World/australscope

“I never knew it was a possibility, but the friendship Justin and I had and my attraction to them both, made it exciting – we were instantly in love.

“I still lived in Seattle whilst they were over in LA, so our relationship was long distance at first. However, after two years, we couldn’t take the distance so we decided to all get a place together in LA.”

Their family and friends have been very supportive of their relationship as they love seeing them happy together.

“We are very blessed to have a supportive family unit as when they see us together, they say it just makes sense,” Ms Thornhill said.

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Ms Rupple opened up about how she wanted to explore her bisexual side and commented that she wanted to do this with Mr Rupple’s friend Ms Thornhill. Picture: Amy Walters/Media Drum World/australscope

For the trio, sharing love, goals, and personality traits where it feels like anything is possible, is the most important part about being in a polyamorous relationship.

“We are never alone unless we want to be and we discuss decisions as a unit,” Ms Thornhill said. “Sometimes, two of us share a hobby and one of us doesn’t – but this allows everyone to enjoy their own activities with someone who loves it like they do.”

As well as this, they have a large fanbase online and mostly receive positive comments about their relationship.

For the trio, being in a polyamorous relationship is about teamwork. Picture: Amy Walters/Media Drum World/australscope

Throuple accused of ‘ruining the sanctity of marriage’

However, there have been an odd few hateful comments such as homophobic slurs and “you’re ruining the sanctity of marriage”.

But the throuple choose to ignore these people as they accept that they can’t control how other people view their relationship.

“Usually, the ones who aren’t so nice are from anonymous pages, meaning they just want to spew anger which is to be expected with anything on the web,” Ms Thornhill said.

“It’s easy to let negativity roll off our backs because we are in love and this creates quite the protective barrier from strangers online.

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The throuple choose to ignore the negativity as they accept that they can’t control how other people view their relationship. Picture: Amy Walters/Media Drum World/australscope

“There are the occasional head turns and cat call comments from men, but you can’t control other people or how they feel and we enjoy each other’s company so much that we won’t let it bother us.”

Although they sometimes have feelings of jealousy, they trust each other completely and share these feelings immediately, where they talk about it as a group.

“Jealousy is a human emotion and we’d be lying if we said that doesn’t come up. As and when it does, we share it immediately and talk about it as a group, where we never deny any emotion,” Ms Thornhill said.

“We trust each other and that’s the only way to make any relationship work – when you feel truly accepted by your partner(s), simple feelings like attraction and fear of abandonment aren’t that scary.”

For the future, they hope to continue pursuing their dreams together and are excited for the many years to come.

“We are proud of our partnership and want others to know that you don’t have to feel shame for simply loving people,” Ms Thornhill said.

Originally published as Couple join ‘throuple’ relationship with hubby’s best female friend