Throuple reveals how they sleep in same bed, sparking confusion

A US couple in a non-monogamous relationship have baffled the internet after revealing their sleeping arrangements when a third person stays the night.

Jess and Stephen DeMarco have amassed millions of followers on TikTok sharing the highs and lows of dating as a couple.

The pair from Tampa, Florida – who have been together for 13 years – describe themselves as polyamorous and regularly date other women together in a bid to find a third person to their relationship and form a “throuple”.

Recently, Stephen, 35, began dating someone new, prompting 32-year-old Jess to explain how it would affect their sleeping arrangements when she stayed over for the first time.

“Usually him and I sleep together but tonight it’s going to be him and her in the king bed,” she said.

“So I’ll sleep right between them, in the middle.”

Her video, which has been viewed over seven million times, sent the internet into a spin, with thousands of confused and curious TikTok users flooding the comments section.

Some had questions about the logistics of the situation, asking how she uses the bathroom in the night without “disturbing” her partners.

“That sounds brutal. I have a hard enough time sleeping in a bed with one other person,” one guy remarked.

“I barely feel like there’s enough room with just two of us and also how are you going to go to the toilet without disturbing them?” another agreed.

Others weighed in on whether or not they could “share” their husband with another woman and called out what appears to be a double standard in their relationship.

“So are you allowed to have a boyfriend or is it just him having a girlfriend?” one asked.

“I could never share my man, but to each their own,” another said.

And one wrote: “So is she only your husband’s girlfriend? What does yours and hers relationship look like?”

Some really struggled with the couple’s unorthodox set-up, stating it was something they had tried but just couldn’t understand.

“I try to be supportive of everyone’s beliefs … but this I can’t wrap my head around. I just can’t,” one wrote.

“It sounds so degrading,” another said.

Others claimed the unusual relationship was “wrong” and “not how a marriage works” – though the pair aren’t legally married despite calling each other husband and wife on social media.

Many were quick to defend Stephen and Jess’ relationship from nasty remarks, saying it’s up to them how they live their lives.

“Did people forget that polyamorous relationships exist and it isn’t hurting anyone and making them happy,” one said.

“Their lifestyle has nothing to do with y’all. If you don’t like it then just scroll,” another wrote.

“You go girl. Ignore the haters. They only understand their basic relationship rules,” one woman added.

Stephen and Jess first opened their relationship in 2012 because Jess, who is bisexual, missed having sex with women, Lad Bible reported in February.

“When I met Stephen, he knew I was bisexual and was mostly dating women at the time. However, it was just perfect with him,” she told the publication.

“About two years in, I was missing women sexually in my life so much it felt like I was making a decision to cut a big part of myself out of my future because I chose a man. Though had I chosen a woman it would have been the same feeling, just reversed.”

The pair then had a conversation about the situation after seeing non-monogamous lifestyles on TV shows and decided that was the route for them.

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“We had a conversation about it, made our own rules and then went from there,” she said.

The couple also run an OnlyFans page together and are in the top 0.1 per cent of creators on the site.

They have amassed millions of followers on social media with videos titled “why I let my husband cheat” and “how we pick our next girlfriend”.

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