While sexual preferences are unique to each individual, there are some lusty sexual fantasies that are not all that uncommon, one of which is a threesome. And as we become progressively open to non-monogamous relationships, group sex is something that many are already partaking in.

In 2020, Psychology Today conducted a survey which showed that 30% of respondents had been in a mixed-gender threesome. Our IRL endeavours are clearly reflective of our secret longings — a 2016 study found that 31% of heterosexual women have fantasised about having a ménage à trois at least once.

Here, we found six women from Reddit who disclose what it’s actually like being in a threesome. We hear from a mix of couplings — FFM, which is two women and one man, and MFM, which is two men and one woman. Scroll on, curious reader. Scroll on.

“I’ve been in an FFM one. They were a couple I was friends with and we all went to a concert together. We drank quite a bit. They had a room at a hotel across the street so they didn’t have to drive drunk, and the guy invited me over. The two of them must have planned it. I went along with it and walked to the hotel with the guy while the girl was already at the hotel sleeping.

We got there, he told me to make out with her and eat her out, etc. Eventually, she did the same to me while I pleasured him. You pretty much just take turns doing different things to each other… I wouldn’t do it with someone and my SO, but doing it with two other people that I wasn’t in a relationship with was fun, especially since I knew them and they knew I wasn’t a threat.”

u/k-ttyMarkie

“I’ve been in many, in different combinations. In short, do what feels good.
I’ve stroked two cocks at once, I’ve gone down on a woman while being fucked from behind, I’ve been the woman gone down on while the other woman is being fucked, I’ve masturbated while my boyfriend fucks my friend, I’ve stepped outside for a smoke while my boyfriend and girlfriend get it on, I’ve sucked a dick while riding another partner, I’ve had my head hung over a bed next to another woman while a guy takes turns fucking each of our faces. Yeah — just do what feels good.”

u/searedscallops

“One was with my best friend at the time and her male roommate. We were all buzzed from weed and alcohol, and it evolved naturally. He invited me into his room to look at his posters or something, and we started kissing. Then my best friend came and joined us, and we ended up on the bed. He was less well endowed than I imagined. She had been with women before, but mistook my asshole for my vagina and kept trying to get her fingers in it.

I remember kissing both of them and briefly giving the guy a handjob, maybe head. For the most part, he fucked her from behind while she ate me out and accidentally fingered my asshole. She must have been wondering why I was so tight, ha. I pretended to enjoy it. I was 18 or 19.”

u/mayhare

“I was dating a guy non-exclusively, and he was dating another woman who was bi. She’d apparently seen a pic of me and suggested the threesome to him, who suggested it to me. I was in a phase where I wanted to be more adventurous, so even though I wasn’t into it, I was willing to be game.

So we did it at my apartment. She knew that I was basically straight and I was mostly the recipient of attention during the deed. It was… fine? I had a little freakout after they left and I didn’t feel comfortable sleeping in my own bed that night for whatever reason. We never did it again.”

u/localgyro

“Basically I got kissing a guy in a nightclub for a few minutes, before realising that my friends had gone over to the bar, while the dude’s only male friend was hanging around nearby. So I told the guy, ‘Hey I should probably find my friends — your buddy looks a bit lonely too!’. Turns out they completely misinterpreted this as an invite for the second guy to join in. Fine by me.

So now I’ve got two guys kissing me in the middle of a crowded dancefloor. Luckily I was too busy feeling like a boss to notice the judgemental stares that we must’ve been getting. We spent a couple of hours chatting/kissing, then the three of us headed back to mine. I was pretty drunk, but I definitely remember the realisation that I was about to have a freakin’ threesome BY ACCIDENT and that even sober me would be cheering me on.

My room at the house was tiny so we had sex on the living room sofa. It wasn’t the best sex ever, but it was definitely good. Having two guys all over you obviously feels amazing. It was pretty much as you’d imagine a tipsy MMF threesome with two straight guys to be.

On the whole, I enjoyed it and definitely don’t regret it, but probably wouldn’t do it again in the same situation. I’ve seen them out in clubs a few times since, and we were on good terms and find it amusing. They asked to do it again one night, but I said no for one reason or another.”

u/ydltyrtd

“It was with my boyfriend and a close friend. It was a really enjoyable experience, and I imagine at some point we’ll do it again, perhaps with the same person, perhaps with someone new. My boyfriend isn’t entirely straight, but he’s picky about what guys he does things with, and my friend was straight, so a lot of attention got directed toward me. Can’t complain.

Everyone else seemed to have fun, too, so I think it was win-win-win. For anyone considering it though, I’d highly suggest setting ground rules about comfort zones, and choosing someone that things won’t instantly become awkward afterwards. Plan ahead, in short.”

u/I_am_the_Walrus

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