Melanie Morton has come out as bisexual with her nine-year-old husband AJ, but remains happily married to him while dating women. They both say they are happy with how their relationship went together.
A woman who has declared herself bisexual to her husband for nine years is still married to him.
However, Melanie Morton, 31, is now also dating women and is the father of her two children: AJ, 35.
The mother revealed that she is struggling with her sexuality and last year discussed the idea of an open marriage with AJ, whom she married in January 2013.
AJ supported his wife’s desire to explore her sexuality and encouraged her to date other women, even helping her sign up for the Hinge dating app.
Melanie met Jackie Olson, 26, a sales and marketing assistant, in June 2021 via the app and the couple agreed with Jackie and became Melanie’s girlfriend, before meeting AJ and their two children. , aged eight and six.
Though online entrepreneur AJ is free to date someone outside of her marriage, Melanie thinks he’s more “set up for monogamy.”
But the trio has successfully engaged in an open relationship, even though AJ and Jackie are “just friends” who “don’t mind sharing.”
Melanie says her kids love Jackie, but so far they’ve only introduced her as a family friend, even though Melanie plans to tell them the truth this summer.
Melanie, an online entrepreneur from San Diego, California, USA, said: “I was struggling with my sexuality, but I knew I loved AJ, I just didn’t know what to do.
“I wanted to explore the opening of our marriage and AJ has been very supportive of me.
“I’m so glad I did it because I met Jackie and she’s awesome.
“AJ can see how happy Jackie makes me, and that makes him happy.”
He added: “He might go out with other people, but he seems happy with things as they are.
“Luckily it works for us and we both have grown a lot as people and individuals because of that.”
Melanie explained how she made the first move by texting Jackie.
He said, “I took a chance and said ‘hi.’ We had a real spark, we have been talking to each other every day since then.
“On our first date, we took a walk on the beach, drank tea and watched a movie together.
“For me, being with a woman was a crazy feeling and I felt like I could finally be myself.
“We found something I was missing and it felt like a hole had been filled.”
Jackie said, “I thought Melanie was really great, really pretty and we immediately connected.
“She told me right away that she was married and in an open relationship and since the last girl I saw was poly, it was nothing new to me, so I was open to the idea.
“At first I didn’t know if it was something I wanted, it scared us all, but over time I realized that I was very happy and that there was a lot of love in the relationship”.
Jackie admitted that she was initially concerned about meeting Melanie’s husband for the first time.
She said, “We met after Melanie and I had been dating for a month and a half and I was terrified.
“I knew how important AJ was to Melanie, so I wanted her to like me.”
But despite their fears, Jackie and AJ have made a strong friendship and enjoy spending time together in threesomes and separated from Melanie.
Speaking of the setup, AJ added: “We are often asked if we are involved in a romantic relationship, but we are not.
“Jackie and I have a great relationship and enormous mutual respect and we have a friendship that exists separately from our relationship with Melanie.
“We also go out once a month to spend some time getting to know each other.
The father of two said jealousy plays no role in relationships, despite what many friends, family and social media followers think.
He added: “Melanie is doing a really great job spending time with both of them.
“There is no jealousy.
“We have a good foundation that’s even stronger than before, it’s been very expansive for our relationship.”
Melanie says communication is key to the success of her open marriage, to ensure everyone’s needs are met.
He explained: “It’s a new dynamic for everyone.
“It’s difficult to balance everyone’s needs, but we feel comfortable and communicate.
“I have completely separate relationships: it’s me and AJ, then me and Jackie, then the three of us have a very different relationship.”
Jackie currently spends about three nights a week and most weekends at the couple’s home in San Diego, United States.
Melanie said: “The three of us hang out a lot, we won’t have separate schedules, so the three of us like to watch horror movies, go to the beach together, go out for dinner and enjoy different activities like escape and ax throwing.”
Jackie has also met Melanie and AJ’s children, but so far she has only been introduced to the couple’s children as a friend of Melanie.
However, Melanie and AJ plan to tell them the truth when their school year ends this summer.
Over the past few months, Melanie has started sharing her experience on her TikTok account @melanie_morton_ and has amassed over 50,000 followers.
While many are supportive and curious about the trio’s setup, the mother of two has also received criticism from viewers.
She said: “Some people on social media have accused me of being ‘greedy’ and wanting more attention.
“But that’s not true, both relationships have different goals and it’s not selfish, there’s more family, love, connection and community, that’s what we’re creating.
“It’s not even someone else’s relationship.
Melanie also revealed that her family and friends were skeptical of the deal and preferred not to hear the details about it.
“Some people say ‘I don’t understand’, but no one can really ‘understand’.
“It works for us, so it doesn’t matter what others think.”
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Source: Dailystar
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