[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Polygamy (Page 1 of 4)
Posted: 10/19/2010 8:52:37 PM EDT
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Well would you? For the sake of argument lets assume it was legal and God approved. Discuss. Yeah, I watched Sister Wives recently.  |
| Well, if you believe in free market concepts - multiple wives WOULD open the door to competition for your favor and affection. Kind of like dating multiple women and they all try hard to be your best girl........would eliminate the old "now I have him hooked, no need to try hard in the sexual arena anymore" phenomenon...... |
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Well, if you believe in free market concepts - multiple wives WOULD open the door to competition for your favor and affection. Kind of like dating multiple women and they all try hard to be your best girl........ I kinda like the "True capitalist" angle. I may, however, be a socialist in this one area.
No Drama 
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Quoted: Well, if you believe in free market concepts - multiple wives WOULD open the door to competition for your favor and affection. Kind of like dating multiple women and they all try hard to be your best girl........would eliminate the old "now I have him hooked, no need to try hard in the sexual arena anymore" phenomenon...... This guy gets it. |
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This was my initial thought...I'm female and work in a female dominated profession. Can't stand the drama sometimes. Quoted: Fuck that. Women that live around each other will get on the same ovulation schedule over time. The PMS would be unbearable. I would like to see what a man that could keep a whole herd of women sexually satisfied would look like, myself. The pro's for a woman are obvious: 1. Help with the house work 2. A wing-woman for when you aren't in the mood. 3. Women that know first hand what you're bitching about when he leaves the toilet seat up and a trail of dirty dishes and clothes like hansel and gretle through the house. |
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No.
Not because I think women suck (as it seems most here do), but because I don't have enough attention and romance to keep one happy as she should be. Trying to balance two would be more pain than I can take, and less good stuff than either of them would deserve. |
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Mark Twain had a hilarious short story about Mormon polygamy. It's worth looking up.
ETA This is NOT the article he wrote for the book "Roughing It." It is found it his Short Stories compilation. As for me... Multiple wives means multiple divorces. Fageddabaddit. |
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I don't have the time, energy, nor the interest enough to keep one of them around...why in God's name would I want more?
IME keeping a woman happy is too much of a pain in the ass...my life is complicated enough as it is. Keeping your urges under control and your priorities focused will save a you ton of money and drama over your lifetime. |
| Seeing as how one girl's driving me crazy, FUCK NO. In addition to that, SOTD didn't make it through dealing with multiple women for even a day (as far as anyone knows). I would not fo....unless they were all ditsy blondes that were handy around the house, that might be bearable. |
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Depends completely on the social setting, the available females, and my standing.
In the current American cultural paradigm it isn't a realistic option. Worthwhile females wouldn't engage in such a thing, as it isn't in their best interest. Females willing to engage in such would be poor breeding stock. Further, I currently could only support one female to my standards in reference to societal norms. Now, were order to break down, and I become a warlord with stable holdings, and I could find more than one worthwhile wife, yes, I'd have as many as I could keep a handle on. But that world isn't the one we live in, and likely will not be, at least for some time. How acceptable and practical polygamy is depends on two social factors, first being if there is a female positive gender ratio in the breeding stock (due to war and fatal competition), the second being if polygamy is in the general best interest of the female breeding stock. And when things go to shit in a society, it generally is in a womans best interest to be under the protection and providership of a powerful mate, even if it requires them to share with other females. TR85. |
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Well, if you believe in free market concepts - multiple wives WOULD open the door to competition for your favor and affection. Kind of like dating multiple women and they all try hard to be your best girl........would eliminate the old "now I have him hooked, no need to try hard in the sexual arena anymore" phenomenon...... You are amazing. Our society needs to clone you. 
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I don't have the time, energy, nor the interest enough to keep one of them around...why in God's name would I want more? IME keeping a woman happy is too much of a pain in the ass...my life is complicated enough as it is. Keeping your urges under control and your priorities focused will save a you ton of money and drama over your lifetime. I think I found your problem .
Your job, especially in a gone-to-shit social situation which makes polygamy more realistic, is not to make a woman happy. Rather, it is to keep them safe, fed, and show that you like them. The best way to make a woman unhappy is to try and make her happy. Provide a woman with those things, and give her the room to make herself happy. If she doesn't get with the program, focus you energy on another wife. She'll figure it out. Of course, that doesn't work in a monogamous society, things are more complicated when it is in a womans best interest to divorce you at the drop of a hat. Times change. TR85. |
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No. I like sharing my life with one other person.
I'm not capable of loving two or more women at the same time. I'm not saying that it's not possible: It's just not possible for me. Conversely: How many men on here would like to be a brother-husband in a polygamous relationship? ...cuz, you know...to be cool with one way, and not the other...it sort of says something about you. |
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No. I like sharing my life with one other person. I'm not capable of loving two or more women at the same time. I'm not saying that it's not possible: It's just not possible for me. Conversely: How many men on here would like to be a brother-husband in a polygamous relationship? ...cuz, you know...to be cool with one way, and not the other...it sort of says something about you. What does it say, exactly? Other than the fact I am a realist? We are primates. In the primate world, you will find it is common for a strong male to have multiple female mates at the same time, while a strong female will generally only have one mate at a time. Perhaps you never attended high school biology. If so I will do you the favor of providing the cliffs notes on mammalian reproduction: females can only create a limited number of offspring, so their evolutionary mating strategy focuses on quality. A male by contrast can create many times more offspring, so their evolutionary reproductive strategy focuses on quantity. This is the underlying reason why in most mammals, males will generally try to mate with every female, while females try to be selective. This in turn is the basis for why most male mammals are more aggressive and try to establish dominance in their social setting. You can thank me later. Meanwhile I suggest you sort out why you feel guilty about your very nature. Unless you wish to claim absolute ignorance on the biological nature of your speicies. TR85. |
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No. I like sharing my life with one other person. I'm not capable of loving two or more women at the same time. I'm not saying that it's not possible: It's just not possible for me. Conversely: How many men on here would like to be a brother-husband in a polygamous relationship? ...cuz, you know...to be cool with one way, and not the other...it sort of says something about you. What does it say, exactly? Other than the fact I am a realist? We are primates. In the primate world, you will find it is common for a strong male to have multiple female mates at the same time, while a strong female will generally only have one mate at a time. Perhaps you never attended high school biology. If so I will do you the favor of providing the cliffs notes on mammalian reproduction: females can only create a limited number of offspring, so their evolutionary mating strategy focuses on quality. A male by contrast can create many times more offspring, so their evolutionary reproductive strategy focuses on quantity. This is the underlying reason why in most mammals, males will generally try to mate with every female, while females try to be selective. This in turn is the basis for why most male mammals are more aggressive and try to establish dominance in their social setting. You can thank me later. Meanwhile I suggest you sort out why you feel guilty about your very nature. Unless you wish to claim absolute ignorance on the biological nature of your speicies. TR85. Oh, I don't feel guilty––I'm not sure how you got that out of my statement. I'm not the one trying to justify my abberant behavior. Thank you very much for the "education". I learned a lot! Will you be capitalizing on the rest of the primate behavior, or just the behavior you're so clearly trying to justify? Remind me never to visit your home––even if it was just to beat the shit out of you and take your mates, which is perfectly natural for us primates. Will your other "wives" have a problem with you killing their children from other primate males? Will you all enjoy the communal coprophilia? Will their be any problems, do you think, when you grant beta males mating privileges with your "wives"? Hell...just the public masturbation would keep me from visiting. Frankly, you're not so much a realist, as you're an opportunist looking for a justification. But I do appreciate the "education". In the future, however, I'll probably just debate with other human beings. Now here's a banana––you'll need it to get the taste of the lice you pick off of your "wife" out of your mouth. 
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Oh, I don't feel guilty––I'm not sure how you got that out of my statement. And yet the rest of you post drips with vitriol... Did I strike a nerve? You don't have to be ashamed of being human, you know. Hating yourself doesn't make you superior. I'm not the one trying to justify my abberant behavior.
 My what?
Including highschool, I have had three girlfriends, two of which I have been serious about. One of which ended with the lady and I drifting apart, one ended when the girl dumped me for being too nice to her, and currently I'm with a woman I greatly respect and cherish, and thank fate for bringing my way. There have been multiple years between each of these relationships (no rebounds for me), I have never cheated or even considered cheating on the woman at my side. I have no interest in getting married at all for some time, and if I ever do get married, barring some insane social order upset, it will be to one woman, and if the gods are kind, it will be for life. Now, do continue telling me of my sinful ways. Remind me never to visit your home––even if it was just to beat the shit out of you and take your mates, which is perfectly natural for us primates.
And it's also natural primate behavior for me to get the biggest stick I can find to defend myself. Good luck storming the castle, others have tried. Hell...just the public masturbation would keep me from visiting.
I knew there was an instinctual reason I have always had the urge to do that. It all makes sense now, it's a defense mechanism against annoying ARFCommers! 
Frankly, you're not so much a realist, as you're an opportunist looking for a justification.
Justification for something I have not done and do not plan to? Odd, there doesn't seem to be much of a motive for me to do that. Perhaps it is more likely that I seek the truth and repeat my observations? I'll probably just debate with other human beings.
I really pissed you off, didn't I? My apologies, I'll try not to hurt your feelings again. TR85. |
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I have yet to get along with ONE woman well enough that we wanted to get hitched. Two? TWO???? Only if they were both hot, rich, bisexual, shooters, sailing addicts, in love with me, and each other, and had no self-image issues.
In other words, not in THIS world.
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I really pissed you off, didn't I? My apologies, I'll try not to hurt your feelings again. TR85. Yeah, you did. I didn't like the tone of condescension in your reply, and responded accordingly. You don't have to worry about hurting my feelings: I enjoy the witty repartee in GD. Perhaps soon I'll find some.
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| Getting married ONCE in this world ain't worth it, why the hell would someone want to do it two or more times? I mean, right around divorce #3, the courts would conclude that they physically cannot take any more from you, and would assign someone to literally rape you instead of metaphorically. |