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But you said yourself, you were playing them. That's not the same as polygamy. That's not even the same sport, let alone the same ballpark.
The point I was trying to illustrate is that regardless if you dress it up as polygamous marriage or just admit you're into sport-f***ing, it's impossible to be completely fair and equal with each person because you're naturally going to prefer some over the others. There will be one you bust your butt to be with--at least until someone better comes along--and others that you just don't try as hard to be with. Plus it's damn tiriing and draining, and no one really gets your best.
Plus polygamists don't just marry 6 or more wives all at once. He's married to one and then starts dating around to find No. 2, which means ignoring his present wife. Then he marries No. 2 and starts dating around to find No. 3, neglecting the first two. Being a feminist at heart, I see polygamy as totally unfair to women. The poygamist husband expects his first wives to stay home, cook meals, clean house, tend the children, iron his clothes, while he's out shopping around for his next bride.
I think polygamy is the coward's way of playing around--if you're gonna be out chipping around, then any other woman you have a relationship with should be free to run around too. You have to expect that if you're going to play that game. But polygamists can't stand the competition; they want the women to commit to them but aren't willing to do the same for the women.
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I hated that TV series! Showed everyone wearing designer jeans and feather hat bands--yecch! And they never did get a damn thing right about the oil industry! But then Dallas is into computers and electronics--all of the real oil men are in Houston or Odessa.
