Actually, yesterday... I felt compelled to write a post about how men would favour their second wives more than the first. And how they would disregard the "existence" of the first, let alone treat the wives equally. But then decided against it.
Somehow, this morning...I don't know how it started but the boys were talking about men having loads of wives. Started with S1 saying some guy having 1000 wives. And of course S2 queried if that is possible. And of course, me being me...started to explain that in many societies, it is illegal to have more than one wife, blah blah blah.. and proceeded to explain the historical background of why Muslim men are allowed 4 wives, and how they would have to treat them all equally blah blah blah. And I highlighted that many actually abuse this "polygamy law" and how difficult it was to treat all the wives equally. And I went on and on...trying to explain more. So... I used an example and asked S1:
Me - Say, you have 4 wives. How are you going to spend time with them?
S1 - One for each day.
Me - But there are only 7 days in a week. One a day, that leaves 3 days free. What happens if you really need to spend with one wife in those 3 days?
S1 - Then I try and suffer and be alone lah.
Well, that's a ten-year old's explanation. In real life, you think that will happen?????? Sure the favorite one will get the MOST nights, right?
Lam yan hai peen sum keh!
3 comments:
Yes, so complicated... better one is to one!
Wah, deep thinkers.
It will never happen, ok? Polygamy is no longer legal right? So, your boys will only have one wife but not because of the law but because they will do the right thing. :)
bp - But not everyone think like this wor.... :-(
Judy - Polygamy is still legal for Muslims and some parts of the world wor.. As for my boys, think when they see women are so "GARANG" these days, they better just stick to one! Hahahah
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