Three Wives, One Husband

The only people making a true sacrifice in this polygamous lifestyle are the WOMEN! Go fig. The man can marry whomever, whenever, and however many he wants...while these women become wife #1-5, get one night with the man, and have to put on a "happy face" like they are so happy with their lifestyles. Ugh!

I never cease to wonder at how religion can twist people's minds! How little must a woman think of herself in order to not only accept, but be thrilled at the idea that she'll become a n-th wife of a guy who believes he's a direct emissary of God! How twisted is this representation of faith!? How does one manage to educate so many children, let alone feed, shoe and dress them? I can understand that women coming from the same religious background, with little education and probably no experience of the real word, are eager to embrace the same lifestyle. Needless to mention that men are thrilled to enjoy the intimate company of a different woman every night, but how about the children? The positive aspect of raising them in the open, without the oh, so common invasion of technology, is clearly a plus. At the same time, keeping them under the unique influence of a distorted view on religion is blatant abuse. If everyone in that community really believes in what they say, I pity them for not wanting to know any better. If they just play along to a tune which is actually just a smoke screen to hide insecurity, lust or who knows what else, well then, praised be the Lord! But often in this series the eyes and the body language tell another story than the mouth.

One question has really bugged me out through the TWOH, how the hack do they afford to feed all those children? Feed them, clothe them, educate them, crazy! Yeah one time, it has been mentioned that some working though it seems non of the male characters had a regular jobs. Do they collectively raise money or some people are donating to the community or what? Also what will happen if they keep multiplying as is, and having 16 children, not a sustainable community life.

I think this was done really well. I was genuinely interested and invested in the family's in the show. I think they did a good job highlighting a lot of the similarities and differences in "traditional" monogamous relationships and generally made the entire show very engaging.

It also made me a bit disturbed how some of the people rating this reacted. giving low ratings because they thought the life choices of those portrayed in the show were, presumably, morally wrong. This again presumably on the grounds that the people where... unhappy sometimes and had conflicts. It was clear in the show that all the people lived mostly happy and fulfilled lives while being in loving supportive families.

Interesting that more than 66% of their sons can't practice this religion even if all their daughters choose this. Someone needs to do math. No polygamist should be legally married to anyone. Its fraud. It's bad public policy to allow so many men to be unable to secure a spouse due to the gluttony of others.