4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
The allure of love triangles: ‘We're drawn into a primal competitive dynamic: that love must be fought for, and being chosen confers special status'
Team Hailey or Team Selena? Mr Big or Aidan? Edward or Jacob? The list goes on and on — whether in celebrity news, film or fiction, we simply can't get enough of love triangles. These complex scenarios recur throughout history, from Greek mythology to Cleopatra's relationships with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony to King Henry VIII's fatal love triangles, and even the biblical story of Jacob and the sisters Leah and Rachel.
