Multiple marriages

[Romeo]

Why is only monogamy legal in the UK? Why not bigamy or polygamy? I've always wondered about that one. Why not be allowed to marry more than one person, as long as all parties were in agreement?

[Katie~77]

The mere thought of having more than one husband chills me to the innermost chambers of my soul!!!!!!!x

[Doc Spock]

Why people get married once is a mystery, why they get married more than once is a bigamistry.

[isis4691]

Doc Spock are you one of those bad stand up comedians from the 70's?

[cazzz1975]

how many smelly pairs of underpants can one woman wash, how dare you consider upping my workload...

[whiffey]

You could try Iran, it's popular there, but you'll have to give up any silly ideas about being allowed out of the house.

[cazzz1975]

sounds marvellous whiffey, I cant wait to try the fashion!!!


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[Octavius]

The purpose of bigamy laws is to protect a spouse from entering a marriage based upon deceit. However, trigamy was common in the 17th C as demonstrated in the limerick:

There was an old fellow of Lyme
Who lived with three wives at one time.
When asked, 'Why the third?'
He replied, 'One�s absurd,
and bigamy, sir, is a crime.'

But these days, trigamy would be seen as two counts of bigamy. Of course, you can have polygynandry, but this is usually only seen in places like Norfolk.

I don�t think myself or Mrs O would subscribe to having a second husband and she has everything I wish for and more, of a wife.