A woman who lives with her husband and boyfriend in the same home outlines the advantages of polyamory: “I spend two nights a week in Daniel’s room and two nights in TY’s room.”A woman disclosed that she leads a happy double life
with her boyfriend and husband.
Jennifer Martin (center) and her spouse Daniel (right) recently purchased a house along with their boyfriend Ty (left). For the past four years, the three had been sharing a rental.
Jennifer Martin claims that before they accepted her boyfriend Ty into their house, an unusual new renter, she and her husband, Daniel, were having financial difficulties.
Given that there are now three working adults to divide expenses, she said that her unconventional living arrangement had been a financial blessing in the face of skyrocketing inflation.
“Ty and I certainly had financial difficulties prior to Ty moving in,” Virginia-born Martin said to the New York Post.
“Housing was particularly bad in this area.”
After getting married in 2008, Jennifer, 35, and Daniel, 36, soon had two kids together.
The pair made the decision to pursue polyamory and open their marriage in 2015.
Jennifer and Daniel made the decision to bring 33-year-old Ty into their house just before the COVID-19 pandemic, with the understanding that he would share the rent. Ty pays $700 of the $1,537 monthly total that the three of them pay.
She further disclosed that although Ty pays for the electricity and Wi-Fi, she and her husband split the expense of groceries. Additionally, he has grown close to Jennifer and Daniel’s children and occasionally covers their costs.
Ty manages a bank, Jennifer is a freelance editor, and Daniel teaches in a private school.
Their combined yearly income is approximately $155,000, and they have even managed to save for a house together.
The three of them paid $325,000 in December of last year for a four-bedroom, three-bathroom house.
Jennifer stated to The Post, “I really don’t think we would have been able to buy a house without Ty.” “Almost no one my age owns a home in Richmond, and the few who do were in their mid- or late-30s when they first bought one.
Many of the millennials I know seem to be in a hopeless financial condition, especially now that student loan payments have resumed.
Jennifer says she will carry on the habit of spending two nights each week in Ty’s and Daniel’s bedrooms when they all move into their newly acquired house next month. They now live together in their current home.
“I know other polyamorous people who think it’s appropriate for each poly person to have their own bedroom, but that extra space is a luxury since we have kids,” Jennifer said.
Rather, I alternate sleeping in Ty’s and Daniel’s rooms every two nights, and I travel from room to room with a basket filled with my evening necessities, which include my face wash, night cream, night guard, and the book I’m currently reading.
I make an effort to give Ty and Daniel as fair of sleeping
circumstances as feasible.
Jennifer explained that both Ty and Daniel are also seeing other people.
“Ty has a long-distance partner in Pittsburgh and occasionally hooks up and dates other people locally, while Daniel has a serious nonbinary partner he sees once a week,” Jenifer stated.
“I also have two other casual relationships
with a man and a woman who go on dates together.”
Jennifer told The Post, “We’re really happy, we get along great, and my kids are thriving with three partners.” She also mentioned that it has helped her in ways other than her money account.
Jennifer claims she is choosing to raise her two children with a more liberal perspective despite coming from a devout Christian home.
“Having a strong foundation, excellent communication skills, and surrounding yourself with positive people who generally have their act together can lead to having multiple successful relationships,” Jennifer clarified.
“I think critics should get over it and just get used to the idea that polyamory is becoming more common because it’s not going away any time soon.”
