With an additional wife and her additional income, even small, that would free up the husband to have more time with the family.
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Support Advice for supporting first wife in accepting polygyny.
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With an additional wife and her additional income, even small, that would free up the husband to have more time with the family.
What he is describing is the same thing I experienced as a first and only (for 25 years) wife. I cooked, cared for animals, cared for children, nursed the babies, anwered the business phone, worked in the garden. In the summer I was too exhausted for intimacy by the time the chores were done and the kids were in bed. I remember very distinctly feeling that I could have more QUALITY time with my husband if someone else was here to help....and she might also get more QUALITY time than she would as an only wife.
I was never wanting less of my husband, but rather thought mutual support would be a benefit for all involved.
It takes time to establish a business. It takes time to raise children to ages where they can be relied on to take care of their chores without supervision and following up on them. Havin a large family means going back to baby stages every couple of years.
Everyone has the same number of hours in a day. The gain is that it doesn't take twice as long to make twice as much food, and an extra "grown up" on the team is way more + than - for sure!
