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Polygamy. Does the word make your gut churn with distaste? Perhaps. I’ve been thinking hard about this topic for several months now and I’ve come to the conclusion that I don’t think it’s all that bad.

Before I get mobbed by angry romantics, let me state my reasons.

1. Children. Do you know how exhausting it is to raise a child on one’s own, without the aid of daycare? Not to mention having to clean the house at the same time. By the end of the day you’re exhausted, and you go to sleep only to be woken up at 5.30 by a swan-diving toddler.

2. Housework. I hate it. Some women don’t mind it. I say, let them do it. I’d rather cook dinner. As they say, many hands make light work.

3. Sex. What about those nights you don’t feel like it? Lump him off on another wife.

4. Love. I believe that anyone can fall in love with anyone. I don’t believe in “soul-mates”. I do believe in people who you immediately click with, or who you become extremely attracted to. Also, there would be less lonely women. I know it’s sexist to say such a thing, but in some cases it is a fact that some women are desperate for companionship. I know several myself. I am probably one of them. It’s not about sex either. More about wanting someone to, dare I say it, look after me financially. I would rather stay at home with my children than work all day away from them, because that’s the sort of woman I am.  Before you judge me (which, by now, you most certainly will have), let me just say that I do believe in the importance of achieving a high-level of education and working hard, and I am not criticizing those mothers who do work all day with their children in daycare. I admire them very much. I know that they love their children, and want to be with them, but unfortunately in this day and age, with prices increasing at a rate faster than wages, it is becoming fiscally unfeasible for a family to survive on one parent’s earnings alone.

A thought has just occurred to me. If you are the wife of a polygamist, does that mean his other wife/wives are your wife/wives too? Hmm …

Also, I don’t believe in cold-hearted polygamy where woman are obtained like cattle to breed. I think it should be more like “I love my wife and this woman, and I think they would get on well together.” Yes, I believe you can love two people at once.

And, if I were in a polygamist marriage, my husband would have to be hawt.

OMGee I’m so twisted.

Tell me someone normal agrees with me, and that I’m not suffering from mental illness.