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Originally Posted by Parihaka
Why in Gods name would you want two of them?
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My first wife was a Mormon. According to her, when The Church of the Latter Day Saints (Mormons) was first started, a man was allowed to have up to 5 wives.
However, the first wife was THE wife and she had to give her approval for other wives. You see, in those days, it was hard for one wife to take care of all the household chores, shoot mountain lions and ward off Indians (as Daniel Boone's wife supposedly did). So follow on wives had to have expertise in some of the other household necessities such as cooking, sewing, log splitting, etc.
The man would be out in the fields swatting locusts (in the movie of
Brigham Young they used coffee beans to simulate locusts) and waiting for seagulls to come for a great feast. Or he was hunting for protein in their diet (deer, bear, wild pig, antelope, racoon, etc.). Or fishing (what a chore THAT was. Only brine shrimp in the Great Salt Lake). He was to tend the fields, build the log cabin, stand guard duty at the fort, etc.
So, by their reasoning, the more the better (or merrier) to have 3 to 5 women in the house.
IF he could afford them. THAT was the only restriction besides the laws of Illinois that got them kicked out in the first place and the laws of Utah after it became a state.
In Muslim societies however, I don't know if such pre-requisites are part of the wife selection process. But under strenuous circomstances (such as fixing your AK-47 or learning how to shoot an RPG or just harvesting corn) it sort of makes sense.
My wife is up in Utah for a week. Already I miss having some female help around the house. I'm a lousy cook, the dishes are stacking up, the cat is hungry and if Kari Byron of "Mythbusters" (an exceptionally cute rehead that handles a .357 Magnum like a pro) stopped by for a few days I would have absolutely no objection at all. That is if she knows how to use a caulking gun so we can fix our broken driveway gate.