A man who has been breastfed by his wife for the past few years has insisted that it's 'not a kink' and he does it because it makes him feel better.
30-year-old couple Alexander and Rachel from Florida were high school sweethearts who got together right after graduation and have been together for 12 years, being married for half that time.
The couple have three children together, a seven-year-old son, six-year-old daughter and two-year-old boy.
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During that time Alexander ended up being breastfed by his wife and they've made it a regular habit for 'about two, three years'.
Speaking to LADbible, the couple explained that it wasn't a kink despite that being what 'everybody always asks'.
Rachel explained: "It started on a cruise. I was fully breastfeeding my daughter but the cruise was child free.
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"So when I realized 'oh no, I forgot my breast pump' I went three days with engorged breasts. I was scared out of my mind to get mastitis, which is an infection in the breast.
"And so his family member suggested 'why don't you just drink the milk and just enjoy your trip?'
"At the time we thought it was funny, but it ended up, you know, it'll be something that we do. He enjoyed the milk and we went from there."
Alexander said he drank from his wife's breast because 'that was the best way for it to come out' and explained that 'it felt good' while he was drinking, describing it as 'a vibe'.
Rachel said her husband 'honestly sucked it dry' on the cruise and when they returned home their daughter was weaned off her milk.
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The breast-feeding didn't become a proper habit until the couple had their third child together and she was 'over lactating', leading her to think instead of disposing of the excess milk or freezing it she'd 'just make the milk for two'.
At one point he was being breastfed by his wife 'three times a day' but they've since toned it down to 'maybe once a week, once every couple days' and apparently it makes Alexander 'stronger mentally'.
He said it tasted 'sweeter than cow's milk' and described it as 'just wonderful to me', comparing it to a 'thin almond milk type sweet deal' and prefers his wife's milk over anything else.
Rachel said she liked 'the emotional bond of it', saying she enjoyed the 'skin to skin' feeling.
"I want him 1000 percent laying on me, drinking the milk. I'm in my zone doing what I'm doing. And it's just that really nice, you know, bond," the 30-year-old mum said.
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Despite it being a family member who first suggested the idea she revealed that their families 'laughed' when they first heard what the couple were doing and 'thought it was a joke for the longest time'.
They don't do their breastfeeding in public so their family hadn't seen it happening and it took them a while to realise they were actually being serious.
Rachel said that 'Alexander breastfeeds in different positions' so while most of the time she'll be sitting on the bed and he will lean over, she will 'stand over him' if he's busy recording music and they sometimes do it on the couch.
Despite what some people think the couple are adamant that it's not a kink.
Rachel said: "He can always just suck it dry without the milk. It's the milk that makes the difference here because it gives him, like he said, just a better feeling when he's making music."
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Alexander explained that drinking his wife's breast milk 'put me in a whole different zone' which helped him deal with writer's block and he is convinced it is 'bettering me'.
While the couple described their sex life as 'amazing' they said it was a 'whole different story' to the breastfeeding.
They said they were 'used to getting hate comments', with the criticisms that really stuck with them being 'voice memos' people had sent in, but they have managed to rise above it and 'laugh' at those who send mean messages.
The couple signed off with a message to those who'd been less than friendly online, saying: "The main purpose that I believe we're here for is to enjoy your life, enjoy it.
"Don't get mad at what other people are doing. Don't get mad at how people are enjoying their lives, just figure out how to enjoy yours."
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