by LineGraph October 25, 2019

Boyfriend to girlfriend:"Why can't we have what the throuple has."
Girlfriend to boyfriend:"Dude we can't compete with what they have. They each bring something dynamic to the table."
Bf to Gf:"How so?"
Gf to Bf:"Well, you see, Robert is the bossy one and acts like the supreme leader of the throuple. Sammi is the crazy one who comes up with all the kinky fantasies they try out, and Angus is the glue that holds the throuple together."
Bf to Gf:"We need to start a throuple."
Girlfriend to boyfriend:"Dude we can't compete with what they have. They each bring something dynamic to the table."
Bf to Gf:"How so?"
Gf to Bf:"Well, you see, Robert is the bossy one and acts like the supreme leader of the throuple. Sammi is the crazy one who comes up with all the kinky fantasies they try out, and Angus is the glue that holds the throuple together."
Bf to Gf:"We need to start a throuple."
by $1,000,000:) March 12, 2017

Verbally and/or emotionally abusive relationship in a throuple format. Can lead to couple team with one wo/man out. Elder throuples can not break from a BTS situation. BTS seems to be most pervasive in the elder communities. Can sometimes present when a 2 elder couples are close and 1 spouse passes or a couple simply is looking for a third wheel. Eventually the third wheel is entitled to other wheels and this is when BTS becomes obvious. The cure to BTS is somehow returning to a traditional couple. In elder communities this cure seems impossible to obtain.
My mother suffers from Berated Throuples Syndrome - BTS. She continues to hang out with John and Lanie even though she seems miserable.
by PuddyPieBrown March 31, 2025

A couple that has a mutual friend or third wheel that is always with them.
Or when a couple’s mutual friend consistently hangs out with them after 6 months or more.
This includes hanging out together on known couple holidays like Valentine’s Day.
Or when a couple’s mutual friend consistently hangs out with them after 6 months or more.
This includes hanging out together on known couple holidays like Valentine’s Day.
by Fortune_Cookie February 16, 2020

by TheGreatestCatsby August 19, 2023

A romantic relationship that includes three people who are banging like crazy, and more than likely pretend that they aren't. If asked about it: deny, deny, deny.
I heard TheStarlessAbstract, Rose, and Paradoxical are a throuple now... maybe they'd let me watch if I asked nicely.
by design_by_booty November 20, 2024

Battered throuple syndrome is essentially Stockholm syndrome without the kidnapping. Typically BTS experienced by elder people. Sometimes occurs when a spouse dies and they latch onto another couple. The relationship of the three experiences feelings of love, attachment, trapped, and anxiety. Anxiety is often felt when separated from one or two. Trapped is experienced when one wants space from the two but they can not leave. They can run to the grocery store but they must return. Once one experiences BTS one can not escape.
My mom has battered throuple syndrome (BTS). She spends lots of time with a couple. She even sleeps in their bed. She sometimes calls the man her husband but she is confused by the dynamics of BTS.
by PuddyPieBrown May 15, 2025
