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Family of Three Navigates Toddler Drama, Dating Apps, and Bedtime Diplomacy

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  • •Victoria and Nick met in college in 2018, relocated between Boston and San Francisco, and had their first child in 2021.
  • •In 2022, Victoria explored opening their relationship with therapist guidance and introduced Christian via a dating app in 2023.
  • •The trio now co-parents two children, shares duties like mornings and bedtimes, and lives cohesively in a three-bedroom apartment.

Since 2018, Victoria and Nick rode the rollercoaster of college dating, coast-hopping life from Boston to San Francisco and back, pregnancy heartbreak, and job-fueled anxiety before welcoming a kid in 2021. Then, 2022 hit with Victoria realizing monogamy called in sick. Cue months of therapist-approved tiptoeing to Nick, who surprisingly didn’t throw the monogamy rulebook but gave a compassionate shrug. April 2023 brought Christian—a dating-app-vetted third wheel turned full-time parent. Shift to juggling two toddlers, three parents, and complex bedtime call-outs in a modest three-bedroom that could star in its own reality show about 'Where Do We Sleep?'. The kid knows all three as Dad; the only drama comes when parental vetoes outnumber cookies.

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Source: Businessinsider | Published: 3/8/2026 | Author: Victoria DeVita

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