# Whats wrong with having many wives? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 18, 2007, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-having-many-wives/416099 "2007-08-18T23:56:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-having-many-wives/416099/101 "2007-08-21T21:05:21Z")
[QUOTE=betenoir] What’s wrong with having many husbands? [/QUOTE] What? Like I want _another_ one to pick up after? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-having-many-wives/416099/102 "2007-08-21T21:12:40Z")
[QUOTE=Miller] Fair point. “Liar” would probably have been more accurate. [/QUOTE] Any evience of that ? Well ? Of course not. You seem to be slowly working down a List of Sins to accuse me of, for some reason. Don’t forget “traitor” and “child molestor”; those are classics. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-having-many-wives/416099/103 "2007-08-21T21:42:02Z")
[QUOTE=woodstockbirdybird] Not really. Just because you think somebody (or a group) is evil doesn’t make you a liar just because you don’t advocate their death. I personally think Phelps and his clan are pure hate-filled evil, but that doesn’t mean I want to kill or harm them. Doens’t mean I’m not being honest when I say I find them despicable. [/QUOTE] Yes, but the point is, I don’t find **Der Trihs** in particular to be credible when he says he doesn’t think theists should be harmed. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-having-many-wives/416099/104 "2007-08-21T23:49:53Z")
I’m still tryin’ to figure why anyone wants _one_! ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-having-many-wives/416099/105 "2007-08-22T00:38:35Z")
[QUOTE=Miller] Yes, but the point is, I don’t find Der Trihs in particular to be credible when he says he doesn’t think theists should be harmed. [/QUOTE] I think **Der Trihs** fears theists would, given the chance, harm him (and others). I don’t think he would be willing to actually harm one in as a preemptive measure however. ---
**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-having-many-wives/416099/106 "2007-08-22T07:42:43Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] **Bigamy:** 1 wife too many **Monogamy:** see Bigamy [/QUOTE] **Dakota Fanning:** Creasy, what’s a concubine? **Denzel:** Well now we have one man for one wife, but it wasn’t always like that. **Dakota Fanning** It said this guy had a thousand. **Denzel** What, you feel sorry for the husband? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-having-many-wives/416099/107 "2007-08-22T16:24:05Z")
[QUOTE=TroubleAgain] What? Like I want _another_ one to pick up after? 😛 [/QUOTE] It wouldn’t be that bad. Eventually, they’d wind up leaving their socks lying around in the same place. It’s like that thing with women and menstruation.\* \*Which I know is not true, so I don’t need a link. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-having-many-wives/416099/108 "2007-08-22T23:09:28Z")
[QUOTE=saoirse] \*Which I know is not true, so I don’t need a link. [/QUOTE] What, the McClintock effect isn’t real? Better break it to the Perfect Master gently, then. He’ll need to do an [update](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_306.html). . . [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-having-many-wives/416099.md?page=5)