>>It's not that hard. It's damned rare, but I wouldn't call it nigh-impossible. Relationships like that _do_ happen; my wife and I were _in_ two of them (neither worked out, but that wasn't a surprise; it's not like the first person you date is generally the love of your life, either, and neither is something I particularly regret).<<

Back in the 1990's, I was good friends with a gentleman who was in just such a relationship with two fine ladies. I don't know if they're still together, but they had been for many years when I first met them.

-Joe-