JennifersLost Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 Bear with me on this. I'm wandering around thinking about money today. Someone made the comment yesterday about needing 10 husbands - one to be with and 9 more to provide extra financial/activity support. You know how people always say you can have one husband and many wives, but not one wife and many husbands. They claim it has to do with sex and babies and all that La la la.... BUT - I just flashed to the times when I've "lived" communally for a short time. In other words - group homeschool camping trips! You know what really happens? On Friday all the moms and children show up along with the one or two token men that can make it - in our case this was the leader of the camping trip, Mark, and someone's husband who was pretty laid back and shy. Otherwise you had 15 moms and 40 plus children. Friday went great. The tents were raised, we went on little hikes, we cooked, we played. All the kids played together - all the women hung out together. There was nothing that even resembled "families" in terms of dividing up. There was only one designated "leader" - Mark - whom we women had designated the leader because he was the science guy who could tell you what type of tree you were looking at. Everything went smoothly. Then all the husbands arrived. Pure chaos! Now there were 15 egos to stroke, 15 guys who had 15 sets of plans for what THEY wanted to do, and 15 extra people who wanted to stay up later, sleep in later, eat something else, and maybe hike off in a completely different direction rather than helping to supervise the kids on the hike we were supposed to take. Meals were all cooked separately so that each husbands' likes and dislikes could be attended to. The kids were ordered around and their games taken over by men who wanted to play "by the rules". Sex? No one was having sex! All the women were way too pissed off to be having sex! Okay, I'm totally exaggerating here, but....not really! In other words, maybe polygamy is just communal living after all the other men bug out! (or get kicked out) Please - this entire post is in jest. Don't take it seriously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claire Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 Rofl!!! :d Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j.griff Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 That is hilarious! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinkInTheBlue Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 That is positively hilarious and amazingly accurate, I'm sure. It's fascinating how that happens, huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remudamom Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 can you hear me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty ethel rackham Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 :D That was too funny!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura K (NC) Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 I've always wanted a wife. But then there would be the whole jealousy thing. Maybe what I need is a Eunuch: they have performed a wide variety of functions in many different cultures such as courtiers or equivalent domestics, treble singers, religious specialists, government officials, military commanders, and guardians of women or harem servants. A eunuch would be able to go out dancing with me (my husband doesn't dance), might be a fabulous decorator and/or cook, could do some handyman stuff around the house... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathy in MD Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 nt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angela in ohio Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 That just may win the "catchiest post title" award. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen sn Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Hey dirty pirate. Good to see your name here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen sn Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 ok - this is a test. I think I can reply to a reply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Katherine Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Ya know, there's a lot of truth in this post.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenschooler Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Egos stroked? Food they like? Changing the agenda? Noooo.....if that's what other men are like, I'll just keep my one dh, overextended as he is. He's not demanding like that, and I would run away from home if he were. There's only room for one persnickety person here, and that's already been filled :D. So I really need a guy who is good at 'going with the flow' - my flow. I still think polygamy would work best with multiple husbands. That's why I put my imaginary husbands in charge of certain areas, so there would be no conflict. And think of the money! Besides, who really needs 54 kids? Plus, a group of guys can get along a lot more smoothly than a group of women. Or they just slug it out and you don't have to hear about it. No, polygamy w/multiple wives will never make sense to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy in Orlando Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 ROFL - this thread is a riot. Sign me up for a eunuch too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennifersLost Posted January 30, 2008 Author Share Posted January 30, 2008 someone needs to make a eunuch icon or something we can all get and put in our signatures. It could be a prize for good behavior or something. Come on, there must be a eunuch smiley out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in CA Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenschooler Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Didn't find a smiley, but found a whole lot else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisy Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 This whole thread is hilarious! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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