OMFG: Menage a Trois

This post may be a little risque for some of you, but it's been something that has been coming up in my life recently - in social discussions that is - and last nights episode of Gossip Girl proved that their is an abundance of intrigue surrounding the sexual mystery of threesomes.

Personally, I think Gossip Girl could have pushed the envelope a little bit more. The OC already made waves when they had Marissa and Alex's girl on girl kiss in season three, which was well-received without a stir of controversy - probably because most of the viewers were college girls and their overly excited male friends, not the middle and high school students that watch Gossip Girl. But when the buzz started forming around the upcoming Gossip Girl threesome, parents associations were in uproar. Is that why creator Josh Schwartz (also the man behind my beloved OC) decided to tone it down a bit for prime time?

Here's how it goes down: after Dan admits he has never had a threesome, and his superstar girlfriend Olivia (played by none other than our all grown up Lizzie McGuire: Hillary Duff) coyly admits she's dabbled, Vanessa too says that she hasn't had the pleasure. Olivia proceeds to kiss Dan, then Vanessa, and then Vanessa and Dan kiss. That's it. Oh, and there is a flash of all three of them in Dan's bed in the closing musical montage. If Olivia wasn't being played by a former Disney star then would things have been a little more Hot and Heavy? Because when I hear the word "threesome" I think of three people having sex with each other, not the kind of girl on girl kissing that happens in a frat house after one too many cups of jungle juice.

From what I understand, most successful ADULT threesomes (not involving freshman in college on a fictional TV show) go down a little differently. There is consent, sex toys, and safety words. Alcohol and drugs are common, but not necessary. No sleepovers, no secret crushes, no lifelong childhood friends making out with each other. That's awkward. One thing Gossip Girl did get right is the gender combination: two girls and a guy. Straight men shudder at the idea of crossing swords, while curious females are more likely to try a threesome with a guy and another girl. Blame it on sexual evolution. Or porn.

To be fair, we don't know what happened after the kissing because Schwartz chose to leave it up to our imagination. Now I don't know about you, but I find it hard to imagine that it actually did go much beyond that. On the one hand, they're only eighteen. On the other hand, they're New Yorkers (one of whom is a celeb) so they "mature" faster than most teenagers. I guess I'll have to wait until next week's episode to suss out the level of awkward aftermath.