This polyamorous threesome wants to make their love official by getting married

A polyamorous threesome is planning to make their commitment to each other official by having a three-way wedding.

The trio began as a couple, before DeAnna Rivas apparently pleaded with husband Manny to allow 20-year-old Melissa James to join in.
DeAnna and her partners are based in Florida, where it is currently illegal to marry more than one person.

They all share a king-sized bed and Melissa (known as MJ) takes care of the couple’s children while DeAnna, 27, and Manny, 28, work.

‘Before we found MJ I was so miserable, I felt like there was a hole in my life that only another woman could fill,’ says DeAnna.

Manny and DeAnna Rivas making dinner with girlfriend Melissa James at home on August 24, 2016 in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. A polyamorous mum-of-two is planning a three-way wedding — after inviting another woman into her marriage. DeAnna Rivas begged her husband, Manny Rivas, to take on a shared girlfriend to help her with childcare and fulfill her sexual desires. Now Deanna, 27, and Manny, 28, are engaged to 20-year-old Melissa James ñ who is helping them raise their two young children The trio, who live in Fort Lauderdale share a king-size bed and all three plan to ëmarryí each other in the future ñ although the marriage would not be legal in their home state of Florida, USA. Now Meliisa James ñ known as MJ — takes care of the couplesí children, Vaneza, seven, and Gabriel, four, while DeAnna and Manny work ñ and the parents insist MJ is as much of a mum to the youngsters as they are. PHOTOGRAPH BY Ruaridh Connellan 

‘When I first told Manny he said it felt like a betrayal and he was really offended that I wanted to be with someone else.

‘It took me four years to convince him but now we have MJ in our lives and the children love having two mums – we couldn’t be happier.’
Both DeAnna and Manny claim that MJ is as much of a parent to their children as they are.

After giving birth to their first child, Veneza, DeAnna began to suffer from depression, which worsened with the birth of her second.

‘I wasn’t able to talk to anyone about how I was feeling, about being a new mother,’ she says.

‘When I told Manny that I was having problems, he understood that I was sad but he didn’t understand how to fix it.’

 Manny and DeAnna Rivas with their children Manuel Jr. and Vaneza. A polyamorous mum-of-two is planning a three-way wedding — after inviting another woman into her marriage. DeAnna Rivas begged her husband, Manny Rivas, to take on a shared girlfriend to help her with childcare and fulfill her sexual desires. Now Deanna, 27, and Manny, 28, are engaged to 20-year-old Melissa James ñ who is helping them raise their two young children The trio, who live in Fort Lauderdale share a king-size bed and all three plan to ëmarryí each other in the future ñ although the marriage would not be legal in their home state of Florida, USA. Now Meliisa James ñ known as MJ — takes care of the couplesí children, Vaneza, seven, and Gabriel, four, while DeAnna and Manny work ñ and the parents insist MJ is as much of a mum to the youngsters as they are.

She says that she felt only another mum would understand what she was going through and, as soon as she came across Melissa, she knew she was the one.
Manny however, wasn’t too keen.

‘I personally didn’t feel like we needed anything else, but DeAnna did,’ he says.
‘Lots of things went through my mind that could have ended badly but DeAnna wasn’t getting any happier – it was a last resort really.’

The couple initially started to experiment with another woman, who ended up introducing them to her girlfriend – MJ.

‘She has just blown my socks off,’ says DeAnna.