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Someone posted..well some guys have a wife and a mistress. True but what usually happens...the mistress wants to be the wife and the wife usually ends up divorcing him? I’ve never heard of the mistress, wife and husband just deciding to co-op, and live happily ever after.

Which is why you don't have much polygamy out there--it's usually bigamy--like the case of a guy arrested this week. (Such bigamy usually involves deception of the other "wives"). It's usually religious polygamy--where women are told more spirit babies need bodies...
...where women are told if they want to be a queen in the celestial kingdom as a goddess...
...and if they want to be perfect as a "god-in-embryo" on earth...
...then they need to obey the prophet's wishes...

I have been thinking of this quite a bit. I used to be a live & let live type of person. However I have always spoken my mind so it was hard for me to understand how polygamy worked with the women. Now I suppose if all of your life you are made to believe it was normal then you would have no other choice or wouldn't go to heaven or wherever they are going. So now I tend to believe the children are mentally abused. I have seen the FLDS compared to the Amish & that really makes me mad. The Amish allow their children out in the world to see how us English live, its called rumspringa. It seems like the FLDs is too scared to let their women & children see as the Amish say, the English world. Thats sad. I've wondered also does Warren's FLDS get tax breaks as a church? Since they want to live outside of the law why should we have to help support their multi wives & children? Where in their bible does it say anyone but a husband or the father ought to support the family or Bleed the Beast? I feel like we all been conned but good. Its not just the FLDS I take issue with that either... There are many groups scamming the govt & I am tired of it. I suppose if they had been more open about it & didn't scam everyone , have minor sex, child brides & interbreeding this wouldn't be so upsetting. I don't see how unless you are very rich you can afford polygamy. Not unless the wives work outside the home too. IMHO its just not a good idea. Do you know if any of the wives in these groups have ever killed another wife? Its all too messed up for me to really be alright with it.