Any of y'all know a polygamist?

I know a lot of baby daddies. Pretty much the same thing right?

Owlfan 86 has two husbands.

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know a chick that is "married" to two straight dudes

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Half and half eh? That just seems a bit off to me. To each their own I guess. But with polygamist it is a religious thing - something about producing the most offspring for god.

I've seen where their beliefs require them to adequately prepare for their family, to produce enough money to take care of them... but it seems that in reality it ends up being just a another welfare family (or two or three).

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does anyone of the OT have any real experience with them?

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Both sets of great grandparents on my mother's side were polygamist. My family has been Mormon since the early days of the church . I knew both great grandmothers but they were ancient when I was a kid so I don't have any interesting stories. We did have our family reunion at an old polygamist colony in the 90's. That was interesting.

Your mom

Or at least she acts like one

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I think the HBO show made it in a favorable manner (Big Love or something of the like

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Never viewed Big Love as making polygamy favorable, thought it showed a lot of the negatives.

Worked with a guy from Egypt that had three wives. He had them set up in a multi-level home and each set of woman/kids had their own floor. He spent part of each week on each floor. He told me they only went out as a group two or three times a year and that setting it up was a major PITA. The rest of the time the women acted as if the others didn't exist. He said the multiple family thing isn't as prevalent in the Middle East as people in the west think for financial reasons. He was a fairly high ranking government official and could afford it but I can see how most wouldn't be able to do so.

My wife used to watch the reality show about it and I don't see why anyone would do that to themselves. The main benefit seems to be having lots of kids. Forget all the jokes about managing that many women, can you imagine supporting 3-4 families that need to live in separate houses?