After six years together, Evan Sterrett and his boyfriend were stuck in a dispiriting loop: They would fight about the same issues, time and again, as if they were characters in a predictable, no-longer-funny sitcom.
Then, they met a cute younger man at a Los Angeles pool party.
Could this guest star in their relationship allow them to break free from their tired, old scripts?
Find out in Mr. Sterrett’s funny Modern Love essay, “A Throuple’s Tricky Geometry.”