Polygyny

chamomilecloud · 2026-06-21T06:05:28+00:00

You built your marriage on monogamy and fidelity to that monogamous relationship. Your desire for monogamy and his desire for polygyny are simply not compatible. He took a vow to be faithful to you, so that’s the boundary I would uphold.

He is absolutely coming from a place of wanting sexual variety, btw.

coronaat · 2026-06-21T06:50:14+00:00

Most hypergamous women can find a husband and have children just fine, this feels like such a nonsense argument. As if he is doing some type of volunteering work by taking multiple wives

I am so shocked that christian women and conservative can believe that this is anywhere near acceptable (unless you're Muslim)

ShowerMotor · 2026-06-21T07:42:38+00:00

He wants to sleep with other women. Its so lame he is trying to be philosophical and pretending is good for society. It's not.

SeaMuted9754 · 2026-06-21T06:09:35+00:00

This is a belief I would not support or entertain. First because when he married you, he married you under monogamy. A leader cannot just change things up and expect you to follow when a big reason you followed him “his faithfulness to one woman” is now gone. If he can’t accept that he married you under this original agreement and you are unwilling to change then one of you needs to divorce. I wouldn’t trust him not to cheat moving forward if he continues to insist.

Second of all I don’t know how high value he is. In my opinion he must be very good looking close to an 8-9, making at least 300k+ a year and be a great leader to still be high value for 2 wives. If he’s not that then he’s just an average guy once he hunts for a second wife completely destroying his reasoning.

royalgreyyy · 2026-06-21T06:42:03+00:00

I don’t know where you’re located but in the US and various other countries it’s illegal to have more than one spouse. Any other partners would not be legally recognized as a legal partner.

SunRose42 · 2026-06-21T08:22:04+00:00

Eh, this is just how a married religious man who wants sexual variety justifies it, and he’s kidding himself if he thinks it’s a Christian perspective. The arrogance coupled with the lack of competence in textual interpretation would be a major turn off for me personally. He doesn’t sound HV.

Notably, although plural marriage is in the Bible, all of the plural marriages in the Bible involve a ton of dysfunction. Consider Rachel and Leah. Major issues, the kind of issues one expects would be typical of polygyny.

balhaegu · 2026-06-21T08:00:08+00:00

Would make more sense if he was Muslim

The truth is, youre 28, nearing 30. Bro thinks he can pull young hot baddies now that he is financially stable and has his life together. Its just "I wanna fuck the college sorority chick next door" with extra steps.

It seems you have 2 choices. Divorce or live with it

LittleBribird422 · 2026-06-21T11:31:13+00:00

Why does this account read as fetish posting lmfao

husenwaifu4lyfu · 2026-06-21T11:42:47+00:00

You said you would t have entered the marriage if you knew it wasn't going to remain monogamous, yet you are defending his choice as if you're letting him change your mind.

Make up your mind on whether or not you want the monogamy you signed up for first.

InevitableKiwi5776 · 2026-06-21T14:58:23+00:00

The “RP” thing for him to do is to tell you his vision of the future and proceed with his plan to have multiple women and then you either decide to stay or not. The whole trying to convince you to allow him to do this and make you agree with him is a little pathetic.
This is a huge social taboo and is illegal in the US. So even if you got on board, you would either have to hide this other family from everyone you know or face extreme embarrassment and probably ostracization. Would your family and church accept this? Would other kids be allowed to play with your children? Would married friends still want to hang out with you? How would
children raised in this type of arrangement

be affected

?
The whole premise of this being about helping women who can’t find a suitable partner is laughable. Is he going to look for disabled or deformed women to help them? Or is he just interested in helping young hot women have the family they otherwise couldn’t have for some reason. Why do they have to be in a relationship with him to get his help?

I’m sorry but it’s really hard to answer your question as you posed it because I can’t think of some other comparable situation of an illegal social taboo that is actually not a big deal to break.

Wird_werden · 2026-06-21T09:05:50+00:00

How can you even be sure that he suddenly wants to do these things for selfless reasons and for the greater good for society? You do not fully know his mind and soul, how can you know that his motivation is not actually selfish (i.e. simply wanting sexual variety). It's completely possible that he just knows he cannot simply waltz in with a new woman and have you be fine with it and not file for divorce, so instead he is slowly laying the groundwork over months and maybe years to wear you down and be okay with a new woman. How can you distinguish these two scenarios? He would not be the first religious man to use his convictions as an excuse for his selfish desires, in fact, he'd be in very good company. Plus, do his convictions and intentions even matter, since the outcome for you would be the same: You'd have to share his romantic love, time and attention with another woman, which, it sounds like, you absolutely don't want? These would be the questions I would be asking myself in your situation.

pearlsandstilettos · 2026-06-21T14:40:17+00:00

Are you here to debate or to ask for advice?

ConsumingFire1689 · 2026-06-21T13:09:05+00:00

He's smoking crack

Dionne005 · 2026-06-21T13:05:02+00:00

Well you want an opinion on traditional marriages that has drastic change but don’t want biblical explanations points. It doesn’t work like that. At least not with me when I do my best to actually live by Gods word. Just tell him he can enjoy his life with his beliefs but he is leading yal straight to hell in a hand basic with his ideology. Don’t bring up God and false religion and then say you don’t want to hear biblical examples. He lead you wrong. End of story. It’s really not hard to pack your bags up and leave and being married isn’t that great to share with a man. I don’t share food, clothes, money, and STD. Honey is already tired of you. Finding another man isn’t that stressful.

-Shes-A-Carnival · 2026-06-21T13:42:15+00:00

"i am an extremely non-Western person and nothing i wrote here will be remotely relatable to any western women"

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breesearedelicious · 2026-06-21T14:26:20+00:00

The Bible was written into an Eastern civilization. Maybe he should start with that.

Ill_Coffee_6821 · 2026-06-21T16:35:55+00:00

Is this you, Danielle Merrifield?!

Jokes aside, this is literally the plot playing out on a very bad reality tv show where the husband has convinced the wife he can sleep with other women bc it’s god’s will. It’s manipulative.

But look, you seem to be defending it as better. If you believe that, who cares what others think? On the flip side if you’re convincing yourself to believe it so you done lose your husband, this won’t end well.

pearlsandstilettos · 2026-06-21T16:38:21+00:00

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ArdentBandicoot · 2026-06-21T06:06:08+00:00

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familiarspark · 2026-06-21T14:31:32+00:00

He’s trying to find a religious loop hole to cheat on you. Is he Mormon? Did he believe in the principle before?

AutoModerator · 2026-06-21T05:29:18+00:00

Title: Polygyny

Author MusicRoyal6157

Full text: I’m 28 and got married last summer to a man I deeply love. I saved myself for marriage, and we entered marriage with the expectation of lifelong monogamy. We talked about being a strong example of a committed, traditional marriage.

About a year into marriage, my husband has developed a belief that polygyny is God’s ideal family structure and feels called to publicly promote it. To be clear, he is not currently pursuing another wife, but he believes the practice itself is morally good and beneficial for society.

Part of his reasoning is that he believes many modern women are hypergamous and end up unable to find a husband or have a family. He argues that polygyny would allow more women to marry, have children, and be provided for rather than remaining single.

This has been incredibly difficult for me because monogamy wasn’t just my expectation - it was a foundational assumption of our marriage. If I had known before marriage that he held these beliefs, I honestly don’t know if I would have married him.

What makes this more complicated is that he is otherwise a loving, faithful husband. He’s not coming from a place of wanting to cheat or disrespect me. He genuinely believes he’s following truth and is willing to discuss evidence and arguments. At the same time, I feel blindsided because this belief emerged after we were already married.

As women, we often hear that we are free to leave if something fundamental changes. But when you’re deeply bonded to your husband, have built your life around him, and love him intensely, that doesn’t feel like a truly free choice. It feels like choosing between two devastating outcomes.

I’m not looking to debate whether polygyny is biblical. I’m more interested in hearing from women who value traditional marriage, respect male leadership, and have dealt with a husband whose worldview changed significantly after marriage.

How did you navigate it? How do you distinguish between supporting your husband and maintaining your own boundaries when the marriage you agreed to seems to be shifting underneath your feet?

Truly would take any and all thoughts.

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Title	Polygyny
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Date	June 21, 2026 5:29 AM UTC (1 month ago)
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