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Van Wagoner recounts the tale of one husband who abandoned plans to take a plural wife after his wife informed him that she had received a revelation from God directing her to shoot any spare wife who darkened the family doorstep.
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LOL

good for her

I didnt know that the 3wives were able to divorce their adulterous husbands

I know that the mormon males cheated wholesale and but I thought because of the threat of death that Joey Smith wrote in D&C 132 against Emma Hale if she tried to stop his midnight sexual trysts, and the ones right in her house in front of her, the later women were scared to say anythinbg

and then theres that day that Briggie Young got up and said if the wives didnt like the extramariatial sex, they could lump it and all leave..

So there were lots of divorces among the mormons for the adultery of the males...

Those mormon women had gumption and righteousness...

I wonder if the latest convert in these threads knows about this ???

NAH

In modern times polygamy has been common in the country now known as Malaysia. There both Malay Moslems and Buddhist Chinese (which is more a "cultural" identification than "racial" or "ethnic") practiced polygamy.

The grandchildren of those who practice(d) the custom are not at all happy with it feeling it marks their country as LESS civilized than it otherwise is.

Thailand, which actually is far more primitive than Malaysia, but more progressive than Indonesia, has polygamy ~ again, among the Moslems in the Southeast and the Chinese Buddhists elsewhere.

It is known in Taiwan (not sure it's legal though) and is considered a barbaric practice ~

I suppose there are folks who practice it in Big China but it has to be difficult since the state is so intrusive there.

Growing up we knew a family where there were "two mothers" and their kids were all very angry with the "father" ~ as some of them grew into adulthood they ran him off.

They weren't Mormons, just hillbillies, but there you have it.

I think the early Mormon leaders got away with it because they could move away from civilization. Once civilization crowded in the practice was suppressed. It persists in subtropical and tropical regions because you can isolate yourself pretty much from the civilized world (and still eat, and you don't need heating or clothes either).

In short, there's not as much polygamy going 'round as we imagine, and few, if any of the folks who post here have ever met a polygamist, although there are some who've known the children or grandchildren of polygamists.

Regarding serial polygamy I've known a woman (at work only guys) who had 11 husbands over the years, and some of Tony Bennett's kids ~ and one of Mel Torme's "extra" live-ins (pretty girl who grew up in the same old neighborhood ~ got entranced by Hollywood and next thing you know she was a sex slave).