TWO women who share a husband are adamant their relationship works for them both - despite people describing them as ‘brainwashed’. Kevin, his wife of over 15 years, Jamie, and Kevin’s second wife, Lacee all live together under one roof in North Carolina. Jamie and Kevin share three children together and a grandchild. The trio insist their children have happily accepted their polyamorous dynamic, despite having to navigate initial awkward situations.
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00:00This is Kevin. He fell in love with Jamie, and he also fell in love with Lacey.
00:06I wasn't sure if I could come in behind another woman.
00:10They are sister wives. We experience judgment simply because we live our lives unapologetically.
00:15See, look here. This is crazy. This is someone commenting on here to say,
00:18he does not love you. Why don't you just leave?
00:20We have the same thoughts and everything.
00:22Raise your vibration. Raise your energy.
00:24This accusation that they are brainwashed, we get it often.
00:30For me, I would rather just have one person to myself.
00:34I probably wouldn't because I prefer monogamy.
00:38My name is Kevin Wesley. This is my beautiful wife, Jamie.
00:42This is my beautiful wife, Lacey. We call ourselves the Rise family.
00:48Rise and shine, beautiful souls.
00:50Mondays and Tuesdays, Jamie and I spend time together. Of course,
00:53obviously we sleep together on those days. Lacey and I spend time together on Wednesday, Thursday.
00:57Damn, that's good. It's so light.
01:00And then from Friday to Sunday, we alternate.
01:03We have so much in common. We love doing pretty much the same thing.
01:08We have the same thoughts and everything.
01:10We finish each other's sentences and all we have to do is look at each other.
01:14We'd be like, yep.
01:16Jamie and I got married super duper young.
01:18We had children early.
01:20We were together for about 14 years and then we separated about five years ago.
01:25And during that time, I was dating and things like that.
01:28Lacey and I met online.
01:30I knew exactly who he was and was actually a fan of his work.
01:35Rise and shine, beautiful souls.
01:37I use my platform to teach and enlighten the world.
01:39Raise your vibration, raise your energy.
01:41And we've just kind of been like glue ever since.
01:49I have not previously had a poly relationship.
01:52His friends will be down in a minute. We'll let you know when it's done.
01:55No problem.
01:56I wasn't sure if I could come in behind another woman, but Kevin was separated.
02:03So I got to meet him as an individual, not as a pair.
02:08I got to fall in love with him on my own.
02:11Y'all ready to eat?
02:12So we started this poly union as three individuals.
02:17And me not having biological children, I was just like, yes.
02:21Those are the type of children I wanted.
02:24Rise and shine, beautiful souls.
02:26Rise and shine, beautiful souls.
02:27So listen.
02:28I'm this world-renowned motivational speaker.
02:31When I became poly, it was like, you know what?
02:33I want to use my relationship and my family to continue to enlighten the world.
02:38Often people who are happy cannot wait to tell somebody about it.
02:42That's actually why I went public.
02:46Wow.
02:47The most ridiculous question is, y'all must lack self-love.
02:52We experience judgment in all facets of our life,
02:55simply because we live our lives unapologetically.
02:58We get it on social media.
02:59We get it when we walk down the street.
03:01And we can see parents cover their children's eyes.
03:04Here is a photo of Jamie and Lacey.
03:08To me, I feel like you should see beauty.
03:10But if you go to the comments, you will find people who don't see beauty.
03:17They actually see something else.
03:19See, look here.
03:19This is crazy.
03:20This is someone commenting on here to say he really loves her more than the first wife.
03:25Someone actually said the comment yesterday to Jamie saying,
03:28listen, Jamie, you are beautiful, but he does not love you.
03:31Why don't you just leave?
03:33I get judgment mostly on social media
03:36because I'm looked at as the person who couldn't let go.
03:40Even though we were separated for many, many years.
03:43Sometimes people forget that you're a human.
03:47And they just feel like they can say whatever they want.
03:50I understand.
03:51Yeah, we put our life out there.
03:53People have so much focus around the three of us that they forget that we're a family.
03:59There are children that are part of this family.
04:02So my children has adapted to this dynamic very quickly.
04:06They adapted faster than I did.
04:09So how did you feel when you first found out about Lacey coming into your life?
04:18I was nervous.
04:19I didn't really social interaction, you know, but I've gotten used to her over the months.
04:30When I found out about Lacey, I was fine with it.
04:34Having someone new around the house, a little uncomfortable, but nothing stood out.
04:38I had this friend come over and he didn't really like understand.
04:43So I was trying to tell him that there's my mom and then my dad and there's Lacey.
04:48I don't know if he got it, but...
04:50There are a lot of positives and negatives about having a third parental figure.
04:56But it wasn't really an issue for us.
04:57We were all very independent before and we're very independent now.
05:02Would you see yourself in a polygamous relationship at some point in your life?
05:06I probably would.
05:10Because I prefer my mom.
05:12For me, I would rather just have like one person to myself, basically.
05:21So Monday, Tuesday, Jamie, you have anything you want to do on those days?
05:26I was thinking of a fun day.
05:29You know, those two days is your world.
05:30I know.
05:32People ask, do you deal with jealousy?
05:34Absolutely.
05:35Kev gives Jamie flowers.
05:37I might look and go, where are my flowers?
05:39Then I have to check myself and go, Lacey, you don't even like flowers.
05:42She gets flowers.
05:44I get chocolate.
05:45And we're both happy.
05:46So let's end this meeting on rise.
05:49On three.
05:49Rise on three.
05:50One, two, three.
05:52Rise!
05:53Would I add another person to this dynamic?
05:55Absolutely not.
05:56I am 100% satisfied.
05:59This is everything.
06:01Ditto.
06:01How would you feel if Jamie wanted to open up the relationship and introduce a boyfriend?
06:09I get this question a lot.
06:10All of that was on the table.
06:12And they both said, we do not want anyone else but you.
06:15I'm not looking for another male figure at all.
06:19He's everything to me.
06:23When you're fulfilled, you don't look for anything else.
06:28They're going to go their way for a moment.
06:30Love is a commitment.
06:34What we want to do is kind of show the world what a family really can do in this world.
06:38But we can't let him go without giving him a bite.