As Christmas approaches, The Wall Street Journal celebrates the spirit of the season by gushing over a “throuple” of three gay men.
“One Throuple Had Three Separate Design Tastes. How Did They Manage a Renovation?” asks Vaishnavi Nayel Talawadekar, writing for the once-respected financial publication.
Talawadekar writes with seeming obliviousness to the weirdness of the situation she’s describing. Her profile reads like an HGTV script, replete with well-lit photos of the men drinking wine. I guess that’s fitting, considering an HGTV show featured a “throuple” way back in 2020. (RELATED: Blue States Succeed In Stripping Defunct Definitions Of Marriage From The Books)
“Real-estate agents are noticing more throuples and polycules buying homes together, often with everyone’s name on the deed,” claims Talawadekar.
“Designers are taking note, creating homes that balance privacy and togetherness for throuples and polycules, a group of people involved in consensual, interconnected, non-monogamous relationships.”
After buying a “plain vanilla” box, a Chicago trio brought in an interior designer who blended their aesthetics and added elements like a moody den for socializing and a three-person bed.
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— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) December 18, 2025
A thought for greater privacy: Don’t announce your bizarre sexual predilections to the world.
“By night, the throuple drifts into the darker corners of the home—a soothing prelude to bedtime—or heads out to the 2,000-square-foot rooftop terrace garden … With over 70 plants and spaces that reflect each partner’s personality, the home is a living, breathing expression of the trio.”
Cue the horror sting.
I’m reminded of The Washington Post’s foray into “mixed-orientation marriages” in October. I’m left with the same question: Why are these people so intent on getting everyone else to understand how weird they are? (RELATED: WaPo Profiles Gayest Straight Marriage)
The answer, I think, is that profiles like these are an attempt to coerce the public into accepting the prevalence and respectability of non-respectable behaviors.
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