"It's what I want. I like it. It doesn't have to mean anything more than that. This arrangement gives West an extra hand to do the dishes, an extra brain to remember to pay the bills, an extra warm body to have sex with Aham when West is feeling depressed and isn't in the mood."
"If you think I have been brainwashed and I am secretly miserable, I simply do not know what to tell you. West knows that some readers may be unconvinced that she really is happy in her throuple, and she addresses skepticism directly in her memoir while maintaining that her life isn't subject to public audit."
Lindy West's memoir Adult Braces concludes with her living in a cabin near Seattle in a polyamorous relationship with her husband Aham and Roya, who is both Aham's and West's girlfriend. The trio shares domestic responsibilities and maintains a rotation system for sleeping arrangements. West initially resisted when Aham expressed interest in nonmonogamy, and much of the memoir documents her cross-country road trip to process her emotional response. After publicly revealing their relationship in 2022, West faced skepticism from readers who questioned her happiness and suggested she was being manipulated. West asserts her contentment with the arrangement while acknowledging that outsiders cannot fully understand her personal life.
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