O love, be moderate; In measure rain thy joy.. Make it less, - Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice
THAT call would certainly not be made by the proponents of polygamy, the way of the lover, the Jamaican man, who would rather say, "Bring it on, bring them come, the more the merrier, nuff gal inna bungle.
" So all that talk of moderation, allaying of ecstasy, making it less for fear I surfeit, would not be uttered. Instead it would be, "Bring dem come until a clyde".
In polygamy, the practitioner practises what he preaches, as he has multiple wives.
Oh what joy, what bliss, or is it really? This has been addressed before, and even months ago I discussed the TV series Big Love, where polygamy was carried out with much delight and relish. Currently, there is a debate raging in the press, with most women being against (con), and most men being for(pro).
What I didn't explore was the downside of this lifestyle. But let's delve into history, and examine polygamy, or the acquisition and the maintenance of multiple wives.
Not to be confused with bigamy (where the person marries one spouse, doesn't get divorced, then goes ahead and marries another) polygamy is the legal marriage of one person to more than one spouse.
But the cynics would say, "But see my trial, one wife is so much crosses, why would I want to have more than one?" While others would add, "I am currently trying to get away from my wife, so why would I want double or triple trouble?" But the fact is, polygamy has been practised for thousands of years, perhaps from the dawn of time, and there were no ill effects.
Or were they?
Perhaps polygamy is the natural order of life, but so-called modern morality and false beliefs have placed these unnatural strictures on us, telling us that we must cleave only unto one, and forsake all others. If this were true, why is it that everybody wants to sleep with everybody else?
It matters not that we all don't do it, the fact is, we want to, and we would if we could and there were no consequences. "Man, I would really love to sleep with my friend's wife, but if he found out,
he would kill me." See, the thought is there, and so a man thinketh, so he doeth, so might as well doeth and be damned anyway.
In for a penny, in for a pound, so what the heck. And if you check it out, many folks do sleep with their friend's spouses anyway. I am here to tell you that every man would sleep with every woman who he desires, if he could.
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