Well, sure. You've got the Mormons (fun fact: some of the women who later became co-wives in polygamous marriages had earlier separated from their first husbands, often without getting a legal divorce, so they would not only polygamous but also bigamists), you've got complex marriage in the Oneida Community where all three hundred members are married to each other, you've got a slow but steady stream of divorces - there's a reason Indiana had the reputation of being The Divorce State, after all. And also situations like Mabel Loomis Todd, who had an affair with Emily Dickinson's brother Austin (and somehow ended up in charge of shepherding Emily's poems to publication) while still married to Mr. Todd.
I think what startled me wrt to my own book was the realization that "I'm in love with another man's wife" was going to be at least a big of a hurdle to the characters as "I'm a man in love with another man." (Actually, given the set-up in the book, possibly more: presumably the two guys came to some kind of terms with that fact back when they were two army buddies who were sometimes banging.)
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Date: 2020-01-27 09:48 pm (UTC)I think what startled me wrt to my own book was the realization that "I'm in love with another man's wife" was going to be at least a big of a hurdle to the characters as "I'm a man in love with another man." (Actually, given the set-up in the book, possibly more: presumably the two guys came to some kind of terms with that fact back when they were two army buddies who were sometimes banging.)