Message #5947

[Zainab_M]

Br. pt and sister cat, both of u have raised some very good points.  I too think that the logic of br. ace's article can also be applied to widows, divorcees or single women in the same predicament i.e. who are financially is a difficult situation with hardly anyone or no one to support them and who also do not have the capacity to earn enough to live on their own. 

You also quoted a very thought-provoking story of your sister friend, sister cat.  Reflecting carefully and realistically on the end result of that episode, it tells us that if that man had taken her as his second wife, both the women would get a share of happiness and both would also have to give up a little for each other -- though in this case your friend would have to give up more as per her own decision.  Indeed that was very nice of her.  Sad that the idea still wasn't accepted by the first wife.  Thus, the man was compelled to keep only his first wife.  With that, one woman got all the happiness while the other got nothing.  I absolutely agree that in this case a polygamous marriage would realistically have made the situation more balanced for both women, if both decided to co-operate along with the man.