and Lord help the sister who comes between me and my man....
Sung by Rosemary Clooney
When I first heard about the new reality show Sister Wives, I had several thoughts run through my head
- What is wrong with these people?
- 1 husband, 3 wives and 13 children under one roof, and 1 wife and her 3 children in a house a block away, that's a disaster waiting to happen...
- are women really that desperate for a man in their life they would share with 3 other women??
- Typical horny man, what better way to get away with having your cake and eating it too...
- those poor children, no wonder the world is in this state, God help us all
Meri, wife number 1 grew up in a polygamist home, and always knew she'd have this kind of marriage ~ she has 1 daughter with Kody, and celebrated her 20th wedding anniversary on the show, she works outside the home.
Janelle, wife number 2 has been married to Kody for 17 years, has 6 children and works outside the home.
Christine, wife #3 has been married to Kody for 16 years, has 6 children and stays home to take care of children and household chores ~ frankly Christine, I think you're the bravest of them all, I'd rather work outside the home and get a daily break from it all.
Robin is wife #4 she has 3 children from a previous marriage and recently married Kody and moved into a house 1 block away from the others.
Kody travels from home to home spending 1 night with each wife. Now this is the part that drives me crazy ~ there is no way I could go to bed wondering what they were doing in the house above me, and how they were doing it. Does he love her more than me? Why does he touch her like that ~ he doesn't touch me like that...
To live this lifestyle and really make it work ~ you have to put all that behind you, and appreciate what you have in your *family* which they seem to have done. I think the women work as hard on their relationship with each other, as they each do with their husband. I really thought Kody would be taking advantage of these women, but I was touched when they showed how he gets up early everyday to go and say good bye to Janelle who leaves the house early to get to work on time. And how moved he was with his oldest daughters decision to go into the Navy to become a doctor, how concerned he was with her high school education so she got accepted and not shut out because she was raised by a polygamist family. How he said he checks on each child before he goes to bed himself, just to make sure they are safe and where they should be.
How they've been married for 20, 17 and 16 years respectfully and then another woman comes in to marry their husband and that really ruffles feathers, but they all get along without fighting or raising voices. Meri (wife #1) tells us about her issues with jealousy but then tells us it was her who encouraged Kody to dance with Robin (wife #4) the first time they met ~ how she felt a connection with her first. Christine tells how she was very upset seeing Kody kiss Robin the first time, because he's a married man and they shouldn't kiss outside marriage ~
They all seem like a very happy, healthy family with normal everyday issues that almost every family has at one time or another and a few that most people will never have ~ and I say good on them ~ it's great to see women get along and nurture and care for each other instead of stabbing each other in the back and only thinking of themselves.
Before you judge them, ask yourself this ~ wouldn't you rather know who your husband is sleeping with and be able to help choose them, then have him go out with the trashy woman at the office behind your back?
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