We want our partners to help clean, cook, parent, and remind us to go to the gym. It\u2019s a lot to ask of one person \u2013 what if there were more than one?<\/p>\n
Our identical twins had been home from the hospital for just over a month when I saw a Facebook post from my friend Niko. He was also having a baby \u2013 but instead of doing it with two parents, he was doing it with three: himself (papa), his partner (mama), and her other partner (dada). In addition to having a mom and two dads, a fourth adult would also be living with the family \u2013 as the baby\u2019s \u201cbonus adult\u201d.<\/p>\n
I wasn\u2019t surprised by this unusual arrangement; Niko has been openly non-monogamous since I met him years earlier. I was excited for him and his growing family, but I also felt a sharp mix of envy and despair.<\/p>\n
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