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I roll my eyes and shake my head. “You’re something else, you know that?”
“I’m your favorite human and you know it.”
“Yeah, yeah. Although you seem determined to try and change that,” I tease her, waggling the phone at her.
She sticks her tongue out. “Whatever. Promise you’ll tell me when you get your first match, ok?”
“I will,” I assure her, “I promise.”
Later that night, long after she’s gone, I’m lying awake in bed, unable to sleep. I pick up my phone and google the phrases from the Mix n Match info page. Polyamory and ethical non-monogamy.
Becca’s not entirely wrong, swingers can sort of be included under that umbrella, but the more I research, I rapidly find that there’s far more to it than that. The terms sort of encompass all manner of relationships outside the norm: swingers, open relationships, and more. As I’m stumbling down the rabbit hole, learning more about some of these kinds of “not-couples,” I come across a particular term that intrigues me: triads.
Reading more into it, the prospect seems kind of like a bisexual’s wet dream: two partners at once? That could certainly be a good time, and the more I read, the more the idea piques my interest.
Part of me wonders what the fuck I’m thinking. Isn’t it hypocritical of me, after what I’ve dealt with, to even consider something like this?
But the difference is that everyone’s on board with this, it’s not sneaky and underhanded, it’s open and honest and…weirdly refreshing.
I know it might not be what Becca intended, but she wanted me to try something new, right?
So, in spite of my reservations, I open the MysteryMatch app and navigate to my settings. When I switch on the Mix n Match feature, a little notification pops up asking if I’m sure, and for a moment, I hesitate. Am I sure?
I don’t even particularly want to date, why am I potentially setting myself up for dates with multiple people? Part of me can’t help but think that maybe it’ll take some of the pressure off and turn it into a more casual thing, but I think a larger part of me is honestly just curious.
So I click “Yes.”
