Triangles (Interpersonal relations)
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- Work cat.: 96033339: Working with relationship triangles ... 1996.
- Hennepin(Triangles (Interpersonal relations), x love triangles, x ménage à trois)
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- Kaplan comp. dict. of psychiatry and psychology(triad)
- Breaking the barriers to desire, 1995:p. vi ("A wide variety of models for organising non-monogamous relationships exist and have been successfully applied. These include triads ...") glossary (triad: polyamorous relationship consisting of three people; triangle: triad where each person is involved with each of the others, with no large differences in the degree of these involvements; vee: relationship between three people where one person is closer to the other two than they are to each other. For instance, the 'pivot' of the vee may be the primary, within this relationship, of the other two, and they may be each other's secondary partner. Contrast with triangle)
- Eidelman, D.D. George Sand and the nineteenth-century Russian love-triangle novels, c1994.
- Foster, B.M. Three in love : ménages à trois from ancient to modern times, c1997.
- Web. 3(ménage à trois)
- Google search, Sept. 10, 2009(three-way sex; threeway sex; threesome sex; sex triangles)
- Three: the fantasy and experience of threesome sex, 2003.
A love triangle is a scenario or circumstance, usually depicted as a rivalry, in which two people are pursuing or involved in a romantic relationship with one person, or in which one person in a romantic relationship with someone is simultaneously pursuing or involved in a romantic relationship with someone else. A love triangle typically is not conceived of as a situation in which one person loves a second person, who loves a third person, who loves the first person, or variations thereof. Love triangles are a common narrative device in theater, literature, and film. Statistics suggest that, in Western society, "Willingly or not, most adults have been involved in a love triangle." The 1994 book Beliefs, Reasoning, and Decision Making states, "Although the romantic love triangle is formally identical to the friendship triad, as many have noted their actual implications are quite different ... Romantic love is typically viewed as an exclusive relationship, whereas friendship is not."
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