Peaceful co-existence: Meet the husband and wife's lover who live in the same house in UK

London: Maria Butzki had a tough time choosing between her husband and her lover to live with in the United Kingdom. When the two men met each other and gelled up very well, she came up with a perfect idea. She moved Peter into the family of her husband Paul. Happy Family !Peter used to live with his wife in Luton, Bedfordshire, but left her to stay with Maria's family in Barking, East London.Maria 33, Paul, 37 their two daughters Laura 16, Amy 12, and Peter 36, live as big one happy family.Maria, who is a housing liaison officer, says she should not choose between the two. Living without Peter left a hole in her life and leaving Paul was heartbreaking for her. Peter and Paul get along really well. Both share same interests like fishing. For Paul, Peter is like a surrogate father to his children.Peter feels like they are a team and both Peter and Paul are not jealous of each other. Wedding ceremony of Paul and MariaInitially when Peter came to know about his wife's extra marital affair, he was shocked and went into depression. However, time healed everything. He then met Paul and they negotiated their differences.Incredibly, they agreed to live together in the same house. While, Peter sleeps on the sofa, Paul has a separate room and Maria shares a bedroom with her eldest daughter.Talking about sexual lives of the three, Maria has a sexual relationship with both the men.However, the three of them don't share the same bed; Peter and Maria make love when Paul is out and vice versa. Paul and Peter on a fishing outingThe two men never talk about it and turn a blind eye towards this issue.That side is kept very private.Paul and Maria's love story began when Maria was 15 and Paul was in the same school. They were dating each other for two years and Maria became pregnant. Paul then proposed her while she was into her term and they got married a month later. Laura is the eldest daughter and Amy is 4 years younger than Laura.In 2006, their marriage was in trouble. Paul was used to remain out on trips for work. He went for 6 months. Their relationship was in strain due to less sex, says Maria.While Paul was away, Peter came into Maria's life. Peter, was the new manager at Maria's workplace.Peter was already married at that time. The pair started meeting secretly and soon were involved physically into each other. From left to right: Paul, Maria and PeterTheir affair carried on for a year until one day Paul caught Maria red handed. Paul stumbled on messages between them on Maria's phone.She managed to convince him they were just friends. But a few months later her lover left his wife and moved from Luton, Beds, to be closer to Maria in Barking.Peter used to take Maria and Paul's children out for shopping and buying them gifts.Maria could no longer cope with the secrecy; she finally confessed the truth to Paul on Valentines Day, 2010. Paul , Laura and Amy were shocked and devastated.Maria too felt bad to part the family. For a month, Paul and Maria used to take turns to serve their children. While Maria was living with Peter, she came to Paul's home for looking after children, doing household chores etc.Paul thought that this was no way out for a problem; they should amicably settle the issue so that the children won't suffer.He then met Peter and talked him to look for a solution. They finally began to live together for their children. They started holidaying together.The family is planning to buy a big house.Most friends and relatives find this arrangement difficult to understand. While Maria says the threesome arrangement is very beneficial for the children as when Paul and Maria leave early for work, Peter takes care of the children.