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BeenieMan · 20/11/2018 12:57

Having read so many anxious posts on here about infedelity and cheating I'm wondering if the problem can be solved by turning it around and placing it on it's head?

I've wondered if this could help? throupling

There are a load of immediate benefits:

  1. "I wonder if he's cheating" - Solved, everyone knows where they are
  2. "He doesn't do anything around the house" - Solved, more people to help
  3. "AIBU?" - Solved, you have more people to discuss things with

In fact when Ceaser attempted his invasion of Rome it was normal to find 3 or 4 women living with 1 or 2 men. It meant that the children had parents at all times, even after wars, conflicts or diseases thinned out the adult population.

Thoughts?

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MaryJenson · 21/11/2018 08:48

A family member did this, one of the women then went off to have her own life.

I would like it!
The man could go out to work, cut the grass and do all the DIY
The woman could cook and clean and look after the us/pets/house.
I could sleep in my own room and get to do what I like.

It would be like moving back with my Mum and Dad 😂

Rachelover40 · 21/11/2018 10:01

I think a better idea would be for one woman to have three men. One to provide stability and putting up shelves, one for wining and dining and to go gadding about to glamorous places with and the third for sex. Of course there would be sex with the other two but exciting, mind blowing sex would be with the third.

Problem solved.

maximumcarnage · 21/11/2018 10:26

Funnily enough I met a young girl who lived with three men and was actively looking for a fourth to join her...family? Apparently it was a superb arrangement. They all got on as mates and she got to choose. I was stunned. Let alone looking for stud number four. She informed me that she enjoys a lot of male company and that she had a very high sex drive, so much so that even three guys weren’t quite enough. She was a lovely girl though and a good laugh to talk to. But I’m still stunned.

On the flip side. I can’t imagine a more nightmarish scenario of having multiple women. I grew up in a household of women and it was bad news bears for me. Think I’d rather the population thinning thanks.

Cherries101 · 21/11/2018 15:39

@Mondrian - a huge chunk of Islamic marriages in Jordan and Yemen (and other Islamic countries including the UK and India) aren’t registered legally. So the divorces aren’t registered either. In a lot of Islamic countries (including India and the UK) it’s fairly commonplace for men to abandon first ‘legally married’ wives and marry second or third wives through just Nikahs. So no official statistics are accurate and why most Islamic countries don’t engage with the UN.
Saudi has a divorce rate of at least 45 percent (not all divorces go through courts) and has admitted there’s a problem. Indis has recently banned triple talaak. The UK has opened up registy weddings to more venues. Anecdotally in the UK some in some communities up to 50-60 percent of kids come from broken homes and mums don’t always describe themselves as divorced due to the stigma.

Hands up to those of you who had aunts who referred to themselves as married or widowed on the census because they didn’t want to be labelled as a divorcee. .

There is clearly a problem it’s just not being reported through the ONS. You need to drill down to in-country studies.

Cherries101 · 21/11/2018 15:49

I come from a Muslim area, all of my closest friends are Muslim, there is definitely a hidden side to divorce. In some sub-cultures it’s even taboo to talk about it.

Mondrian · 22/11/2018 09:29

Cherries101 - With all due respect may I suggest that you do a bit more research than what goes on in your neighbourhood. For the record neither UK nor India are muslim countries as only 4.4% & 24% of respective population are muslims.

Please don't go down the Trump route.

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