I realize this may come as a profound shock to some people, but really, extremely strong affection does not require a menage a trois.
No, I mean literal menage a trois. Fundamentally, a menage a trois is three people living closely together. Sex isn't required for this.
I've just realized something embarassing. I've confused The Moonstone with The Woman in White. The three characters from The Woman in White in question are Walter Hartright, Laura Fairlie, and Marian Holcombe.
Walter falls in love with Laura, they wed, and both live with each other and with Marian, who is Laura's half-sister. In addition to Walter's love for Laura, Laura is very strongly-attached to Marian, and Walter feels an intense friendship for Marian. I'm well-aware of the fact that strong, even romantically-strong non-sexual friendships were more common in Victorian times than they are today, and this was especially the case where kinship was involved, but ... well, read the book. The emotions involved just seem very strong, that's all.
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No, I mean literal menage a trois. Fundamentally, a menage a trois is three people living closely together. Sex isn't required for this.
I've just realized something embarassing. I've confused The Moonstone with The Woman in White. The three characters from The Woman in White in question are Walter Hartright, Laura Fairlie, and Marian Holcombe.
Walter falls in love with Laura, they wed, and both live with each other and with Marian, who is Laura's half-sister. In addition to Walter's love for Laura, Laura is very strongly-attached to Marian, and Walter feels an intense friendship for Marian. I'm well-aware of the fact that strong, even romantically-strong non-sexual friendships were more common in Victorian times than they are today, and this was especially the case where kinship was involved, but ... well, read the book. The emotions involved just seem very strong, that's all.