So You Want To Be A Unicorn: A Guide to Dating Polyamorous Couples
A unicorn is a person who is willing to join an existing couple to form a polyamorous triad. The label is most commonly used for single bisexual women who join heterosexual couples, but unicorns can be of any sexuality or relationship status.
Why Unicorn Hunting Doesn’t Work
Unicorn hunting is a practice which is very much frowned on in the poly community, but it is unfortunately depressingly common with people who are new to polyamory. Essentially, it’s what happens when a couple (usually a man and woman) seek out a “third” (usually a bisexual woman) to “add” to their relationship, where the couple is non-negotiably a package deal – the unicorn must date both of them, or neither of them – and usually with the additional demand that the unicorn must be exclusive to the couple to form a closed triad.