Should Rich Men be allowed more than one wife?

[Currency Pair Crocodile]

By the way, some sacred texts have it that the Hindu deity Lord Krishna had 99000 wives.

I played this character in plays all through my youth in school. I so wish I were really him ROTFLMAO

[Ivorytickler]

Originally Posted by Antlered Chamataka

By the way, some sacred texts have it that the Hindu deity Lord Krishna had 99000 wives.

I played this character in plays all through my youth in school. I so wish I were really him ROTFLMAO

And how are you going to keep up with 99000 wives?

[Currency Pair Crocodile]

Originally Posted by Ivorytickler

And how are you going to keep up with 99000 wives?

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[MattB4]

Originally Posted by Maalik88

The more money a man makes, the more he is able to support a household. Shouldn't he be allowed to have an extra wife ...

Your question uses the word "allowed". This presupposes that their is an authority that can grant the desire for extra wives. If the rich man is forced to abide by an authority than why grant him any wives at all? Instead the authority should take all his money so that poor guys can afford wives.

Mankind has played with polygamy many times through out History. It has never caught on for very long. Mostly it has been in vogue when women were considered property of their Husbands. Most enlightened societies decided polygamy was more problem than it was worth.

[malamute]

It creates problems. Very wealthy men can buy up many women, leaving the other men without any. And after they buy up the women their own age, they have to start buying younger women, even children. That's what you see with polygamous societies.

This view is that women are simply possessions that a rich man should have more of.

[Pretzelogik]

Originally Posted by Maalik88

The more money a man makes, the more he is able to support a household. Shouldn't he be allowed to have an extra wife (woman, girlfriend, mistress, etc). Since many rich men aren't faithful to begin with, wouldn't it make sense for them to just be honest & have multiple spouses instead of attempting & failing at monogamy.

Tiger Woods lost $750 Million USD in divorce court because he decided to marry a nanny when he could have had any woman in the world. Had he just played the field, he would've saved himself alot of trouble.

Should Rich men forego marriage & just have relationships with whomever they please without the constraints of monogamy?

Should have as many as their headaches can sustain.

[DrEarth]

Sure, why not...none of the other rules ever apply to them. They should also be allowed 1 murder per year.

But really, if any man can put up with more than 1 wife, more power to them, and it shouldn't matter if they are rich or poor.

[Chowhound]

Originally Posted by Maalik88

The more money a man makes, the more he is able to support a household. Shouldn't he be allowed to have an extra wife (woman, girlfriend, mistress, etc). Since many rich men aren't faithful to begin with, wouldn't it make sense for them to just be honest & have multiple spouses instead of attempting & failing at monogamy.

Tiger Woods lost $750 Million USD in divorce court because he decided to marry a nanny when he could have had any woman in the world. Had he just played the field, he would've saved himself alot of trouble.

Should Rich men forego marriage & just have relationships with whomever they please without the constraints of monogamy?

Why the hell would anyone want more than one wife????

I'm not kidding here.

I love Mrs. Chow, but she can be a handful.

[BramH]

Ridiculous topic if you ask me.