I was sort of kind of thinking polygamy might be kind of nice
Got your attention, eh?
Seriously, though. Yesterday was one of those kind of days that made me understand why living in a commune or something would appeal to a person. With three kids under 6 and too much house to take care of, I get kind of lonely sometimes. I don’t really want to drag them places because they are so much work when I do, I’d rather just stay home.
But it get’s lonely.
It would be nice to have a few other ladies around just kind of all the time to chat with, to share household duties with even spar with just to create some drama. It would be nice to have extra hands around. Imagine this conversation:
Me: Hey wife number two, and three, can you watch the children so I can go get a pedicure?
Wife #2: There’s a lot of children between the three of us.
Me: And there’s two of you, I am sure you can handle it. Besides, Joan up the street has like 15 kids and her husband only has one wife, so I know between the two of you 12 kids is like nothing.
Wife #3: I get to go tomorrow, right?
Me: (knowing dinner would be ready and the house would be clean when I get back) Sure. See ya in a few hours!
Yeah, that’d be nice.
P.S. No comments about how in real life polygamy stinks and all the alleged abuse and all of that. I get that. I am being totally facetious. 
As long as I can be the head wife, I think polygamy would rock!
Comment by Scary Mommy — October 5, 2008 @ 10:50 pm
tee hee - I just assumed you meant two husbands. That is what I am wishing for. One to go to work and earn the paycheck, and one to stay home and hang out with the kids and I (and do the honey-do list).
Comment by :: Suzanne :: Adventures in Daily Living :: — October 7, 2008 @ 5:19 pm
eeps - make that “hang out with the kids and me” not “I”
how embarrassing
Comment by :: Suzanne :: Adventures in Daily Living :: — October 7, 2008 @ 5:20 pm
Why are real life polygamists “abusers” while mom’s boyfriend (the #1 child murderer in America) is ignored? Seems to me that getting divorced is more abusive to humanity than a man in love with two women under the same roof. If you only have 2 or 3 children by your husband, why would a 2nd or 3rd wife entail 10 more?
Your thoughts of polygamy aren’t that far from reality. The only question left to ask is how would the bedroom work: all together for openness and variety or separate for personal time and privacy?
Comment by Tesla Falcon — November 27, 2008 @ 4:57 pm