A Kiwi mum-of-two living in Berlin has revealed how when she fell in love with another mother at the kindergarten gate, her husband supported her throughout the relationship - and breakup.
In an article for Insider, Leah Hamilton, who is a writer and editor with work published by The Spinoff, shared that she identifies as queer and entered a non-monogamous relationship with her husband when the pair met at university.
She describes her husband as “a quiet, sensitive guy, and he won my heart with his kindness and thoughtful demeanor.”
From the outset, Hamilton says the couple’s relationship didn’t follow traditional constructs. She was also dating another woman at the time and says it was “the first time I had ever dated people who accepted both my sexuality and my desire for non-monogamy.”
Eventually Hamilton and her then-boyfriend got engaged, moved in together and were married. The non-monogamous grounds of their relationship continued, writes Hamilton. “We even made out with other people on our wedding night.”