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saveuplifesaveuplife Posts: 1,173
edited August 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
The "double standard" thread got me thinking. How do polygomists find their 2nd, 3rd, ect wives? Do they "act" single? Go to bars and pick them up? How does that work?
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  • shareshare Posts: 551
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  • saveuplifesaveuplife Posts: 1,173
    share wrote:
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    Amazing answer. I hope you read the E-harmony thread.
  • shareshare Posts: 551
    saveuplife wrote:
    Amazing answer. I hope you read the E-harmony thread.


    calm down pal, I didn't realize you were seeking the answer to the
    meaning of life with your brilliant question about how a guy
    goes about finding more than 1 wife.
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  • eyedclaareyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    saveuplife wrote:
    The "double standard" thread got me thinking. How do polygomists find their 2nd, 3rd, ect wives? Do they "act" single? Go to bars and pick them up? How does that work?


    Basically you just watch and assess your fellow polygamist's children and when they turn 10 you offer the man of the other household a ham and he gives you his daughter and then the brainwashing commences.

    Good times. Don't knock it if you haven't tried it.
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  • saveuplifesaveuplife Posts: 1,173
    share wrote:
    calm down pal, I didn't realize you were seeking the answer to the
    meaning of life with your brilliant question about how a guy
    goes about finding more than 1 wife.


    Thanks, pal. I'm calm. I was complimenting your answer.
  • shareshare Posts: 551
    saveuplife wrote:
    Thanks, pal. I'm calm. I was complimenting your answer.

    then I owe you a massive apology.
    and a wife or two.
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  • petrocspetrocs Posts: 4,342
    eyedclaar wrote:
    Basically you just watch and assess your fellow polygamist's children and when they turn 10 you offer the man of the other household a ham and he gives you his daughter and then the brainwashing commences.

    Good times. Don't knock it if you haven't tried it.

    hmmm...now if it were 18 I'd be ok with it...10 is not cool...unless of course its a layaway for 8 years :)
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  • gobrowns19gobrowns19 Posts: 1,447
    I have a feeling ( :rolleyes: ) this thread will get nasty, but it's kind of an intriguing question, haha. Do all the wives get along or do they hate each other?
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  • fuckfuck Posts: 4,069
    seeing as how polygamy is more common in third-world countries, I'd say you just buy them.
  • fuckfuck Posts: 4,069
    gobrowns19 wrote:
    Do all the wives get along or do they hate each other?
    They never see eachother. You keep one in the kitchen, one in the basement, etc...

    edit: I should probably mention that my answers have been based off of a combination of a select number of TV shows.
  • eyedclaareyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    petrocs wrote:
    hmmm...now if it were 18 I'd be ok with it...10 is not cool...unless of course its a layaway for 8 years :)


    How are they supposed to be pregnant with their 3rd child by the age of 14 if you wait 8 years? I'm not good with math (which might explain why I have no idea how many wives or children I have) but that don't make a lick of sense.
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  • riffrandallriffrandall Posts: 685
    "Under The Banner of Heaven" explains it all for you (if you're that interested).

    Basically-
    they choose from a pretty limited (relative to the general population) group of women, all of whom have had zero exposure to any media over the course of their lives. They are brought up to know that this is their destiny, and when the time comes, they are married off.
    The sects do suffer from some pretty serious & very rare genetic disorders that come from so much inbreeding. They consider this to be a special "mark" from God and further proof that they are the chosen people.
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    share wrote:
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  • eyedclaareyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    riffrandall wrote:
    "Under The Banner of Heaven" explains it all for you (if you're that interested).

    Basically-
    they choose from a pretty limited (relative to the general population) group of women, all of whom have had zero exposure to any media over the course of their lives. They are brought up to know that this is their destiny, and when the time comes, they are married off.
    The sects do suffer from some pretty serious & very rare genetic disorders that come from so much inbreeding. They consider this to be a special "mark" from God and further proof that they are the chosen people.


    But what Krakauer doesn't realize is that an army of wives and kids can pickle enough green beans in one day to last a lifetime of tasty bloody mary's.
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  • riffrandallriffrandall Posts: 685
    eyedclaar wrote:
    But what Krakauer doesn't realize is that an army of wives and kids can pickle enough green beans in one day to last a lifetime of tasty bloody mary's.

    Yeah but a lot of good that does. Section 89 of the Doctrine & Covenants forbids any vices at all. Including bloody marys.
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  • eyedclaareyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    riffrandall wrote:
    Yeah but a lot of good that does. Section 89 of the Doctrine & Covenants forbids any vices at all. Including bloody marys.

    See how it pays to be an illiterate polygamist?

    All kidding aside, isn't it funny how J. Smith was a man who liked his drink... and women (other than his wife).
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  • riffrandallriffrandall Posts: 685
    eyedclaar wrote:
    See how it pays to be an illiterate polygamist?

    All kidding aside, isn't it funny how J. Smith was a man who liked his drink... and women (other than his wife).

    No kidding!
    The whole book is so creepy.
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  • AmentsChickAmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer...that is all.
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  • AmentsChickAmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    and..to answer the OP's question....usually they have a "revelation" from God as to who to marry.
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  • mindimindi Posts: 1,862
    I started a thread about polygamy here once, I don't think many agreed with me that it can be a good thing.
    In fact they really didn't like the idea. I think as long as everyone is of legal age, and not being supported by the government, what is wrong with it? Oh and everyone is consenting helps too!
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  • CosmoCosmo Posts: 12,225
    I have no idea.
    Maybe Polygamist bars?
    ...
    and imagine the Polygamists swingers parties.
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    :D WARNING! Viewer discretion advised:

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/27/warren-jeffs-kissing-and_n_103805.html

    I kinda live right in the middle of this stuff. Jeffs was arrested right outside of town and Colorado City/Hilldale is not too far away. I even work with some guys who "resulted" from plural unions. It's bizarre. :eek:
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  • Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 13,325
    one wife is more than enough me thinks
    but you can never have too many girlfriends
    ;)
  • smithnicsmithnic Posts: 1,563
    AmentsChick wrote:
    and..to answer the OP's question....usually they have a "revelation" from God as to who to marry.


    There it is!
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  • riffrandallriffrandall Posts: 685
    smithnic wrote:
    There it is!
    When you can convince people that there is this dude in the sky telling you what to do, you can get away with anything!

    Which is the entire plot of "Under the Banner of Heaven." SUCH an awesome read.
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    mindi wrote:
    I started a thread about polygamy here once, I don't think many agreed with me that it can be a good thing.
    In fact they really didn't like the idea. I think as long as everyone is of legal age, and not being supported by the government, what is wrong with it? Oh and everyone is consenting helps too!
    well, its hard for a girl to not give her consent when she's being raised in a society where there is no room for choice... i mean, if you're forcing your child to have little or no contact with the outside world, and you're only pumping in your beliefs to her, how is that giving the child a healthy choice on how her life is going to end up?
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  • RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    eyedclaar wrote:
    Basically you just watch and assess your fellow polygamist's children and when they turn 10 you offer the man of the other household a ham and he gives you his daughter and then the brainwashing commences.

    Good times. Don't knock it if you haven't tried it.

    10 is a little old no?
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  • Who PrincessWho Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    riffrandall wrote:
    Which is the entire plot of "Under the Banner of Heaven." SUCH an awesome read.
    Yeah, I just read it recently. I wanted to understand more about the FLDS group after the raid on the group in west Texas. Also, I was working at an agency that had some of those children in foster care.

    It's a really good book although I didn't realize that it's also a true crime story. But that's the gist of it, if God is telling you what to do, then you can you feel justified in doing it.

    Plenty of those girls grow up accepting that it's the only way of life they should have. But don't ever think some don't develop minds of their own and start to think there should be another way to live.
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  • WhizbangWhizbang Posts: 1,314
    riffrandall wrote:
    No kidding!
    The whole book is so creepy.

    just the description you posted gave me the creeps....full 10 on the Creep-O-Meter.
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