A polyamorous couple share a boyfriend and are now in a three-way relationship - and they all encourage each other to sleep with strangers too.
Florence Bark, 32, started dating her partner, Callum, 39, at the beginning of 2024.
Callum shared with Florence that he was polyamorous - having romantic or sexual relationships with multiple partners at the same time
He had already been seeing Annie, 40, casually for a month - so the three of them formed a triad.
Annie is now Florence's girlfriend, Callum is partner to both of them and Florence says it's the first time she has felt "secure" in a relationship.
The trio don't have restrictions and are all able to date other people outside of the relationship but Florence says "communication is key".
Florence, a podcaster and author, from London, but living in Los Angeles, California, US, said: "I started dating Callum because he was into rope play and I wanted to try being tied up.
"He was also seeing someone else casually - who is now my girlfriend.
"He said he was seeing this other girl, they had spoken about me and she thought I was really hot.
"I was scared as I hadn't really dated women before but I knew it was something I wanted to do.
"From there, I started dating her as well and it turned into proper dating and then liking each other.
"I liked both of these people, they also liked each other and we are now in this triangle relationship."
Florence hasn't always been polyamorous but after getting out of a "toxic" monogamous relationship she wanted to explore her sexuality.
She said: "I had been in a very restrictive relationship where I was having bad sex and wasn't happy.
"Now I'm in a new relationship where I was like this is really great, I really love him but there are some other parts of myself that I don't want to cut myself off from.
"I didn't want to cut myself off from exploring things.
"I always thought that I would just be monogamish, open relationship - maybe sleep with someone when my partner was on tour and I was on holiday."
At the start of 2024, Florence started dating Callum who told her he was dating another girl called Annie.
The women decided to meet up and their relationship blossomed from there.
Florence said: "I feel so secure for the first time, I don't have any anxious feelings about whether I am good enough or if this is the relationship for me.
"I don't have that anymore, I feel settled and secure. They show up in a way I hadn't experienced any more.
"They communicate, they look after everyone's needs."
Despite the trio being in a loving and secure relationship they don't tie themselves down to each other and will often go on dates with other people.
Florence said: "All of us use Field as our main dating app which is full of non-monogamous people.
"Personally, I have that I am in a throuple on my profile and I think we are all pretty communicative about it upfront.
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