When two people both love a third person, and that third often loves them both. The object of their love may be conflicted as to whom he/she wants, and generally nobody emerges from these very happy. Love Triangles, as it is widely agreed, really fucking suck.
Movies (And the overly perverted force some call fate) tend to resolve Love Triangles by killing off the less-hot suitor.
A situation that involves 3 people in which each person is attracted to (or in love with) a different person in the triangle; typically all feelings are one-sided causing situations of frustration and sometimes hilarity depending on the context.
"Hey did you hear Sarah asked John to the dance? He turned her down hard."
"Omg no way! I'll bet he wants to go with Amy. Too bad she's crushing hard on Sarah!"
"Man love triangles are confusing..."
The folklore love triangle is a romantic three way relationship between three fictional characters from taylor swifts eighth album, Folklore. The love triangle is prominent in the songs Betty, Cardigan, and August. The characters are Betty, the pretty and kind “popular” girl, James the skater dreamy love interest, and August the girl James cheated on Betty with in the ‘summer.’
The only thing worse than the friend zone. Usually fated to occur when two best friends who like a person of the opposite gender. Either resolves in the friendship being destroyed or neither one getting the girl. Either way, everyone loses.
Best friend 1: Hey man you been interested in anyone lately?
Best friend 2: Yeah man, (insert girl's name here) is pretty cute, I think I'm gonna ask her out.
Best friend 1: OH MOTHER FUCK, ANOTHER LOVE TRIANGLE
When two people like the same person this is called a 'Love Triangle'. For the obvious reason that the 2 individuals make up the 3 points of a triangle....
John and Marty are both totally into Katie. There is gonna be such a huge love triangle!
The Finn family reunion was going to be an awkward affair because Sally and Billy Ray had recently broken up their Alabama Love Triangle with cousin Cletus.