Unanswered Questions

Is It Right For Parents To Encourage Their Sons To Take A Second Wife?

BY IYANDA   •   November 1, 2015   •   1 MIN READ

Do you think it is right for parents to encourage their sons to take a second wife? As difficult as the economy is and the fact that two women can barely share one man, you will still find some parents forcing their male children to take a second wife for reasons that could bother on the first wife’s inability to give birth to a child or a male child.

If you were a guy whose wife is yet to give birth to a child, would you heap the blame on your wife and take another wife just to please your mother? Having said that, is polygamy still fashionable?

Besides having more children or the gender of the child, under what circumstance would you bow to your mother’s wish to take a second wife? As a mother, is it ideal to pressure or make it a do or die affair for your son to pick a second wife?

As a lady, would you marry a man who is already married to another woman? How would you feel as a woman if your mother in-law is trying to force another woman on your husband?