i am unashamedly piggybacking on the what does marriage mean to you thread here, rather than derailing it though i thought i would put another question out there
i'm not just referring to islamic or mormon polygamous marriages either
this question would encompass non-religious polygamous settled relationships between consenting adults also, as well as 'one woman multiple man' marriages
i sometimes think that whilst two people may wish to marry and maybe make children, the time may come when one of them falls in love with another for whatever reason, and rather than a divorce taking place, it might be preferable for the first marriage to continue and the second one happen with everyone being open and nobody lying and a divorce with all the upheaval that goes with it being required so a man could quite legally make an honest woman of both women he loved (same goes for the other way round too)
what do we think?
i'm not just referring to islamic or mormon polygamous marriages either
this question would encompass non-religious polygamous settled relationships between consenting adults also, as well as 'one woman multiple man' marriages
i sometimes think that whilst two people may wish to marry and maybe make children, the time may come when one of them falls in love with another for whatever reason, and rather than a divorce taking place, it might be preferable for the first marriage to continue and the second one happen with everyone being open and nobody lying and a divorce with all the upheaval that goes with it being required so a man could quite legally make an honest woman of both women he loved (same goes for the other way round too)
what do we think?