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.