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Polygamous relationships are still a hot topic.

READ:Polyandry: SA wants to legalise women having multiple husbands

Just in case you don't know,polygamy is defined as a "marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time".

While there are many avid supporters of the practice, there are just as many who are against this type of relationship.

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But who are we to judge? As long as all parties within the relationship are happy and living their best lives, then you do you.

What can cause some issues in a relationship is when your partner suddenly changes.

READ:"My boyfriend has completely changed and I think it's because he is cheating"

People in relationships grow together, but they also grow apart. You might think you know everything about your soulmate, their likes, dislikes, and all their deepest, darkest secrets until they one day pull the rug out from right under you.

This has just happened toHlengiwe.

READ:"I recently discovered that my parents have been lying to me my entire life"

She has been married to her husband, her best friend, for 10 years and she thought they were content in their relationship.

Her husband had grown up in a polygamous family but from the get-go, the two of them had decided that they would be strictly monogamous and that polygamy was not an option for them.

READ:It takes two: Your partner cheated but who is really to blame?

Until now.

Hlengiwe decided to share her story and write to Stacey and J Sbu because she is in desperate need of advice.

Take a listen to her story below:

We asked KZN to also share any bits of wisdom they might have and this is what they had to say:

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"My husband of 10 years suddenly wants to have a polygamous relationship" - East Coast Radio

What we have learnt out of this is that people dont understand how they should behave when they are being approached to become second wives.

"They come with the understanding that they are better, or that they are approached because they can do better than the first one. That is the biggest challenge, he said.

I think we can as a society, as people, teach one another the reason why men would want a second wife. It is not based on shortcomings of the first wife. It is generally based on an idea to expand the family.

For the first time people said it was good that the show has brought this up, that we as a society have a better understanding on what was going on.

University of Zululand lecturer Shalo Mbatha, the author of Zulu Empire Decolonised, said that according to Zulu culture, when a husband decides to take another wife, he has to inform the current wife or wives.

He does not ask for permission. If the wife or wives dont agree or do not like it, it wont stop the man from going ahead. It is done in a dignified manner and in private. Non-family members are never involved or present when the husband makes the announcement.

As for what Bheki Langa did, it will remain a mystery because as a Zulu man, he knows the drill, she said.

Former journalist and consumer activist Ncumisa Ndelu, who organised the baby shower in Durban, said she did not like the humiliation on the show.

For starters, these women are not even given time to process the fact that their husbands have been unfaithful. They are put on the spot during the lowest moment of their lives, she said.

Having said that, we need to address this is happening in our communities because the show would not have content if these things were not playing out in our communities.

In May, the home affairs department gazetted a new green paper for the Marriage Act that includes a proposal to recognise polyandry. This would allow women to be married to more than one man at the same time.

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'It was a lie and I was humiliated'- Wifes polygamy shock on TV - TimesLIVE

"Most eggs carried on a single hat, 735 by Gregory Da Silva" @guinnessworldrecords captioned the video.

Gregory Da Silva is seen in the video balancing the eggs meticulously to ensure none falls.

Amazingly, he was able to get several hundreds of the eggs arranged in a hat placed on his head successfully to register his name in the globally renowned records book.

Meanwhile, the family of the Ghanaian herbalist who had more than 100 children before dying early this year is unhappy that their hero has not been included in the Guinness World Records.

Torgbui Kofi Asilenu was a herbalist who lived at Amakrom in the Upper West Akyem District of the Eastern region and majored in plant medicine for fertility.

He said in 2017 that despite having over 100 children then, he was still interested in producing more till his last breath.

Following his death in February this year, his children have expressed displeasure about the non-inclusion of their fathers name in the Guinness Book of Record.

According to them, their fathers achievement of marrying 15 wives and siring over 100 children with 280 grandchildren is unprecedented and will hardly ever happen anywhere in the world.

Oscar Asilenu, one of the children who spoke on behalf of his siblings said: We are not happy. In the era and time we are in now, no one has done what our father has done and nobody can do it again. It cant happen that someone will marry 15 wives and have more than 100 children ever again. Therefore, we think his name should be in the Guinness book of records.

Even after the funeral, names are popping up which we never thought of. This tells you that he has done a great thing which we cant take out of history.

Interestingly, although Oscar Asilenu thought his father has done well by marrying many wives and bearing numerous children, he is not prepared to continue his legacy.

I am a Christian. I will not advise anyone to go into polygamy. However, anyone who finds himself in that situation should be able to manage it, he said as quoted by 3news.com.

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Man from Benin balances 735 eggs on his head to enter Guinness World Records (video) - Pulse Ghana

Good morning! Here is todays summary from Nigerian Newspapers:

1. Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says President Muhammadu Buhari is Nigerias most popular politician in generations. The Vice President said this during an interactive session with top officials of Nigerias High Commission in the United Kingdom during the weekend.

2. Suspected members of the Eastern Security Network (ESN), the militant arm of the separatist group, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), have written to Ukwulu Community in Dunukofia LGA of Anambra State, warning them of plans to attack the community over failure to observe sit-at-home order. According to sources, members of the community woke up on Sunday morning to a notice pasted in parts of the area, warning them of not adhering to the exercise.

3. The Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, on Sunday, urged the Benin Republic government to release Yoruba nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo fondly called Sunday Igboho, from detention unconditionally. Adams, in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Aderemi, also congratulated Igboho on his 49th birthday anniversary, saying the best way to appreciate God in the life of the Yoruba nation agitator is to continue to live for humanity.

4. Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has written a letter to the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), threatening to sue the AGF if he fails to recover $62bn from international oil companies as ordered by the Supreme Court. Falana said this in a letter on Sunday titled, Request for Compliance with Judgment of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in suit No SC. 964/2016 between Akwa Ibom & Two Others v Attorney-General of the Federation.

5. The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu, says only God can take his life. Tinubu stated this on Sunday at a welcome-back event held in his honour at the State House in Marina, Lagos. The event was attended by House of Representatives Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila; Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and his deputy, Femi Hamzat; Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, among other APC chieftains in Lagos.

6. The Chairman Emeritus of DAAR Communications Plc, Raymond Dokpesi, on Saturday said one of the greatest errors of his life was going into polygamy. According to him, contrary to the impression that he entered into polygamy because of his wealth, he revealed that it was due to internal family challenge. He stated this in an interview with journalists in Abuja at the weekend as part of the activities to mark his 70th birthday.

7. The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), on Sunday, said that the planned strike by its affiliate members, Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD), has been suspended. Mr Tayo Aboyeji, the South-West Zonal Chairman of NUPENG, disclosed this in an interview on Sunday.

8. Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, has picked holes in the zoning formula adopted by the party, saying the decision to hang the Presidency in the air is dangerous. According to Bode George, there should be no ambiguity about the fact that the Presidency should go to the South with the zoning of the chairmanship position to the North.

9. The Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi, has pledged N2 million cash reward to any person with vital information on the identity and activities of unknown gunmen terrorising the state. He assured that the identity of the informant would remain secret. He made this known at the weekend during a one day prayer summit, held at the newly built Christian Ecumenical centre, Abakiliki city capital.

10. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has said that a group of drug cartels have abducted an unnamed retired personnel of the agency after officers arrested a 19-year-old female drug dealer, Mngunengen Achir, in Benue State. The Spokesman of the agency, Femi Babafemi, said this on Sunday in Abuja in a statement.

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According to the newspaper, the singer-songwriter has been in hospital since last summer Course-Matin.

After the formation of the canta u populu corsu group in the early 1970s, Petru Guelfouchi became a replica of the Corsican polyphony, a genre filled with traditional sacred music from the French island.

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In 1987, Petru Guelph began his solo career, producing seven studio albums. My wealth, Published in 2019.

In France, he received two Victors de la Music: in 1991, with the Les Nouvels Polyphony Course Group, and in 1995, with the Vos de Corsica Group.

Interviewed on Radio-Canada in 2018, As part of a tour, found that he returned to Quebec after 17 years, describing his musical heritage as: It is a way, a form of identity resistance, that allows us [nous] Identify as Corsicans and dont forget where you came from.

It hurts me a lot. Joel Le Bigot, who developed a friendship with Petru Guelphuchi, responded. He is a friendly and very attractive person.

In the 1980s, radio host Quebec introduced the public to the disc Corsica, He and his team received. It was so beautiful, we were dazzled by the idea of polyphonic singing.

We provided it to the listeners and there was a lot of excitement Corsica, He added. Polygamy was then unknown here.

This success led to the arrival of Petru Guelfuchi in Quebec, where he became more popular than in France.

There, groups of Corsican polyphonic songs such as I Muvrini became very popular. Petru Guelfuchi did not like to play promotional games and TV interviews, which hurt him badly, said Joel Le Bigot.

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Stephen J. Fortunato, Jr.| Guest columnist

Stephen J. Fortunato, Jr. served for 13 years as an associate justice of the Rhode Island Superior Court.

In Rhode Island, and around the country, many people refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine are basing their opposition on personal religious beliefs, regardless of whether any organized religious institution to which they may belong has endorsed their behavior. The exalted claim that a personal religious belief can trump a public health policy not only inhibits efforts to combat a dangerous and often deadly disease but also subverts the fundamental principles of a representative democracy.

Nowhere in the Constitution or the writings of the Founders is there any support for the idea that a deeply-held personal belief allows a person to reject public health policies without suffering consequences. In the current vaccine controversy, neither government officials nor private employers are physically restraining people against their will in order to inoculate them, but they are telling firefighters, health-care workers, teachers, and others that a refusal to comply with a vaccination requirement might lead to firing, suspension, or similar sanctions.

This approach is in keeping with the balance sought by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison between the rights of people to be free from government interference in their religious beliefs and the legitimate concerns of government to protect the interests of the wider community. Both advocated for the inviolability of the individual conscience, but both also recognized that religious practices were not always an unalloyed benefit. As James Madison observed in his famous 1785 tract against a proposed law to tax citizens to pay for Christian educators, the history of religion is filled with episodes of superstition, bigotry and persecution.

Jefferson was especially sensitive to the problems for civil society if certain religious beliefs were translated into actions. As author of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom (1786), Jefferson opposed any efforts to punish a person for their beliefs, but he recognized it was necessary for government officers to interfere when principles break into overt acts against peace and good order.

The Madison-Jefferson approach was expressly referenced by the United States Supreme Court in an 1878 case called Reynolds v. United States. Mr. Reynolds claimed that his Mormon faith exempted him from prosecution under an anti-bigamy statute even though he had more than one wife. The Court said that the statute applied to everyone and did not target Mormons, and that Mr. Reynolds was free to believe anything he wished; he just could not put his belief in polygamy into practice. To show how extreme beliefs could be, the Court said one could even believe in human sacrifice, but that tenet of ones faith surely could not be lawfully implemented.

People who reject vaccines on religious grounds are advancing a state of affairs condemned by Madison in his Memorial and Remonstrance Against Religious Assessments because it [makes] their professed doctrines of religious belief superior to the law of the land. The clear distinction between belief and action that appears in the writings of Jefferson and Madison has been blurred in some recent United States Supreme Court decisions, particularly the widely-reported ones that allowed the religious beliefs of a baker to justify his refusal to sell a wedding cake to a same-sex couple and those of a corporate employer to deny employee medical insurance coverage for birth control devices.

Nevertheless, judges around the country have recognized that logic, science, and a sense of constitutional history cannot be subordinated to individual religious beliefs when the actions generated by those beliefs threaten lives and frustrate efforts to control a dangerous pandemic.

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Opinion/Fortunato: The dangers of religious exceptionalism - The Providence Journal

This year marks the tenth anniversary of The Book of Mormon the musical on Broadway. If this show were an actual Mormon, a tenth is what would be given away as a tithe to God. Thanks to the pandemic, thats more or less whats happened. The Book of Mormon cast and crew closed its doors in March 2020 and will open them again this Novemberone year for an act of God plus eight months given to the devil in the details.

The details, in this case, have to do with race. During the course of the Broadway shutdown, Black actors from The Book of Mormon petitioned the shows creative team to rewrite parts of the hit musical they felt furthered harmful racial stereotypes of Africa and Africans. This is no small ask. Anyone familiar with The Book of Mormon is likely familiar with its capacity for rudeness. The cartoonish world of the shows creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone paints white Mormonism and Black Africa with brushes so broad they blend both the ludicrous and the actual. Broadway audiences have sometimes had a hard time telling these apart.

Some sincere tenets of the shows Mormon missionaries often sound hilariously inflated to an outsider, while the war-torn and corrupt Uganda where theyre proselytizing remains flat, one-note, and unimaginative. To write out the shows insensitive portrayals of, well, everyone is in some ways to ask for a different show entirely. So be it, many say. The world has changed its tune about this one-time monster hit. Weve developed new languages to name indecencies and grown spines to say them out loud. A tithe seems appropriate. Ten years is a long time to be on top without giving something back.

The trajectory of The Book of Mormon from Americas Broadway darling to Americas latest problem traces an inverted path Mormonism itself took in this country. Born in 1830 in upstate New York, Mormonism spent much of the nineteenth century retreating further and further into Americas middle spaces in the face of rejection and violence. Mormons practiced polygamy and built communities of shared resourcesqualities that historian Paul Reeve has shown disqualified this almost totally white religion from the protections of whiteness.

Looking but not acting white in nineteenth-century America meant not being white. And, in twentieth-century America, the musical stage became one of the more important spaces where Mormonisms racialized identity was litigated in the court of public opinion. Operettas and vaudevilles marked Mormons the villains, often linked socially and racially with Muslims and other social pariahs at the time associated with China and Africa.

It wasnt until the middle of the twentieth century that Mormonism put forward a narrative of itself that flipped the script on its racial identity. The Church dropped polygamy and opened its arms wide to America. Mormons became linked with the highest favors of middle-class whitenessindustrious, capitalist, monogamous. Their social retribution even took shape through the very mechanism that had once set them apart: musical theater. Mormons developed a dynamic culture and practice of musical theater that persists today, which importantly set the stage for Broadways satirical, full-circle swing back to Mormons in 2011over 180 years and several iterations later, Mormonism was back in New York where it had started.

Mormons were something of an easy target in 2011, what with the Mormon Churchs opposition to marriage equality and Mitt Romneys seemingly picture perfect life running perpendicular to a nation paying increased attention to Americas imperfections. Contrary to the source of their ridicule in the nineteenth century, twenty-first-century Mormons were now too white, too American, too representational of values receding into a problematic past.

Mormons found few defenders when The Book of Mormon came out of Broadways gates swinging; left to its own devices, the Church made lemonade by taking out ads in the Playbill. Youve seen the play, boasted one, now read the book. Clever. But it might as well have been a postcard from the nineteenth century. Here we were again, Mormons back on stage, losing a battle of wills with a country unsure of the terms of its belonging.

America has found other villains in the intervening years. The #BlackLivesMatter and #MeToo movements trended in 2013 and 2017, bringing a new urgency to conversations about racial violence and sexual assault. How those topics are depicted on stage matters to a heightened degree. What no one could have predicted is just how much the musicals imagined Africa would in ten years look like todays very real America. Ugandans in The Book of Mormon are facing an epidemic (in the case of the show its AIDS). They bend to superstition and choose sexual assault as a remedy. In the real world, Americans suffering our own pandemic reject scientific reason and resort to eating horse de-wormer. This is the world The Book of Mormons curtains open out to in a few weeks. Its difficult to imagine a more glaring and deeply unfunny satire than the one were living through.

Which is to say that The Book of Mormon puts identity at the center of its humor in ways that are much riskier in 2021 than they were even ten years ago, its jokes presuming too much idealization for whiteness and what it represents. Like actual Mormons, then, the satirical musicals carefully constructed trajectory into Americas heart now seems miscalculated. In positioning Mormonisms exaggerated whiteness and bright-eyed Disney demeanor against an invented Africa, equally buffoonish and gullible, the musical took too much pleasure in punching down and now looks too much like the thing it tried to laugh off. Whiteness, once the musicals cause clbre, is now its liability. It took Mormons most of the twentieth century to chart an exponential path from problematically not white enough to problematically too white. The musical spoofing them took only ten years to do the exact opposite.

As for Mormons, they actually dont exist anymorenot in name anyway. In 2018 the Churchs leadership dropped the once derogatory moniker its nineteenth-century enemies gave them, emphasizing instead the mouthful of a name given them by God: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (or Latter-day Saints for short). In November when The Book of Mormons protagonist Elder Price belts the phrase I am a Mormonthe five note leitmotif itself taken from the now defunct Mormon musical drama The Hill Cumorah Pageanthe will be singing of ghosts. The Mormons are gone. They took account of the last ten years and tithed something of themselves away. A tithe is a sacrifice, after allan opportunity to move through the world with a little less baggage and a measure of greater intention.

Now we watch to see if the musical will follow suit. Its actors petitioned for a show that takes seriously the systemic and racial inequality in theatre. No one is going back on stage until they feel great about it, promised Matt Stone. Its been ten years a Mormon and now a tithe is on the table, a down payment on a more just and equitable world. What the musical chooses to give away will say a lot about the world it wants to hold onto.

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Srinagar, Sep 27 (UNI) Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday paid tributes to Raja Ram Mohan Rai on his death anniversary.

Mr Sinha said Mohan Rai was a social reformer, visionary leader and an icon of renaissance who abolished the practice of Sati, Polygamy, child marriage and cast system.

In a tweet on official twitter of LG, Mr Sinaha said Tribute to Shri Raja Ram Mohan Roy Ji on his punya-tithi. He was a social reformer, visionary leader, and an icon of Renaissance who abolished the practice of Sati, polygamy, child marriage, caste system. His immense contribution to the nation & wisdom will always inspire generations.

Born on May 22, 1722 and died on September 27, 1833, Mohan Roy was an Indian reformer who was one of the founders of the Brahmo Sabha, the precursor of the Brahmo Samaj, a social-religious reform movement in the Indian subcontinent. He was given the title of Raja by Akbar , the Mughal emperor. His influence was apparent in the fields of politics, public administration, education and religion. He was known for his efforts to abolish the practices of sati and child marriage. Roy is considered to be the "Father of the Bengal Renaissance" by many historians and was ranked number 10 in BBC's poll of the Greatest Bengali of all time in 2004.

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According to Dr. Rachel Kieran, a psychologist, the term polyamory has been used as an umbrella term. However, this concept covers a vast range of relational agreements, each determined by the individuals involved. Terms used to identify such relationships are as numerous as the individuals who endorse them, continue to evolve within cultures, and are often dependent upon the particular configuration of the couple, triad, or family at a given moment.

Polyamorous (poly) individuals usually describe polyamory as having a network of lovers, rather than having just one. It means having different people who you can relate to and share different facets of your personality with; and it being both consensual and the same for ones partner(s).

The affectionately named polycule symbol consists of a ring of five inward-facing hearts representing core elements of polyamory: love, honesty, openness, commitment, and consent.

India has had a long past of poly relationships which ranged from polygamy to polyandry to various other forms of group marriages, but there was a significant change in mainstream narratives as we moved from the past to the new.

Several waves of cultural movements changed the sexual landscape of this country. Thus, a nation with the eroctic temples of Khajuraho, the sexual text of Kama Sutra, its several promiscuous gods and goddesses like Krishna, became a veiled society.

Here, modesty is the rule of thumb now, coexisting with Shiva lingams and scriptures dedicated to love making as an art form.

All this is, of course, being challenged today by the changing definitions of relationships. From LGBTQIA+ rights gaining more prominence in the mainstream, to the decriminalisation of adultery, there is a change in discourse around the universality of hetero-normative relationships.

While the past might point to monogamy not being the default relationship, it does certainly throw light on the intersection of various social circumstances, like casteism and gender issues, within poly relationships of ancient India.

With the Vedas permitting brahmins upwards of three wives and a shudra with one, it clearly shows the discriminatory tint of ancient India. Islamic polygamy is codified in Muslim family law in India, in what seems like another anachronistic type of poly relationship.

In contrast to this, we have modern, consensual, poly relationships, where acceptance and power structures are challenged on a personal day-to-day basis.

In an anonymous survey I conducted, by asking people to sign google forms, 14 (63%) individuals out of a total number of 22, considered polyamory a way to challenge the institution of marriage.

Many poly people point out that they dont want to accept societal systems, expectations or roles by default. They also reiterate that they try to be aware of the traditional power dynamics within a relationship and work against it, while empowering each other.

Here is the result of a small survey conducted by me among my friends and acquaintances. The demographic of the individuals was 9 females and 13 males. Out of them, only one identified as poly.

There were some contesting opinions about whether poly people face discrimination or not, but apart from four individuals who were unsure, 18 concurred to discrimination in their opinion.

And, on the opinion of the need for some sort of state intervention or the other, 10 persons were in favour; eight against it; and four considered it to be agreeable, but not requiring immediate attention.

Consensual polyamory, although still not a mainstream notion, has amassed its fair share of criticism from both ends of the political spectrum.

The idea that polyamory is a result of the isolatory nature of the modern capitalist society, where individuals find themselves increasingly burnt out and seek emotional connections from various individuals, is gaining traction among various thinkers.

Many activists like Yasmin Nair, a co-founder of Against Equality, an anti-capitalist collective of radical queer and trans writers, thinkers, and artists, criticized polyamory by arguing that instead of being a radical notion, its a redundant and fetishizes a peculiar form of monogamyand long-term relationships.

Nair goes on to add that most radical notions related to polyamory like having a better emotional support system and better financial and structural support are systematic issues and failures.

Polyamory just treats the symptoms while hiding the causes. To change and revolutionize the various aspects of marriage and relationships without changing the existing culture notions of power dynamics isnt enough. Long lasting changes are wrought by changing the base of economics and institutionalised systems.

Other criticisms say that polyamory does not account for the existing gender dynamics and issues, which might align against vulnerable groups like women, queer folk and financially unstable partners. This along with the added issue of there not being a legal code to deal with such issues.

Legal codes pertaining to polyamory, although in their infancy, are being discussed in the west. These codes are bound to run into enormous challenges in light of conflicting family codes of the land, based on religion.

Radical feminists argue that co-opting and rebranding of polygamy is disturbing. They also point out that the idea of non-monogamy was actually developed by radical feminists to challenge patriarchal heterosexuality, which is not the notion behind polyamory rather polyamory is a rebranding of polygyny.

In the same small-sized survey conducted by me, among among young adults, on the question of women and vulnerable individuals being at greater risk of not having their needs met, the following results were evident:

The philosophical debate behind the morality, ethics and the issues surrounding the emergence of polyamory as a new form of expressing oneself into relationships, needs to face the criticism. It also needs to highlight the radical nature and revolutionary aspect of it.

The total number of polyamorous individuals, though hard to estimate, are being guessed by researchers who are just beginning to study the phenomenon. But, the few who do estimate, state that openly polyamorous families in the US alone number more that half a million.

India isnt too far behind with its increasingly digitized dating space. The number of polyamorous individuals is on the rise.

I think that the debate about poly relationships being the next big cultural and sexual revolution, or just an expression of the flaws of our sick society, still needs to be resolved.

Nevertheless, one thing is for sure: polyamorous relationships are here to stay.

Hence, its high time we acknowledge them and consider the advantages and issues arising out of such relationships.

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Monogamy Might Not Be Everyones Cup Of Tea. But, What About Polyamory? - Youth Ki Awaaz

uThando Nesthembufifth season has started on a rocky patch and uncertainty for polygamist Musa Mseleku and his wives, particularly MaNgwabe.

In Thursdays episode, 23 September, the husband and head of the family Mseleku confronted his fourth wife MaNgwabe about where she stands in their marriage and shared how he feels her independence is worsening their relationship.

MaNgwabe is pursuing her qualification in nursing and plans to open a business and branch out. Subsequently, this means she is busier than ever before, returning in the late hours of the evening, and this left Mseleku unimpressed because he rarely sees her of late.

MaNgwabes recent independence has been a struggle for Mseleku and when confronted she put her foot down despite her husband saying he doesnt feel appreciated.

Last season, MaNgwabe informed Musa that she didnt want to get pregnant again because of her career ambitions. Even then their relationship appeared to be becoming more distanced and rocky.

MaNgwabe appeared fed up during their conversation and just wanted to be heard. I cant be angry and still be courteous when it comes to the bedroom. Even asking if he is so tired situation why doesnt he leave?

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Last week Mseleku revealed not only does he have four wives, but he also has girlfriends outside of his polygamous marriage because he is simply a loveable man.

I am loved. Im a loveable man. I have wives and girlfriends, he said. Mselekus son also touched on polygamy.

When I become a polygamist, I wont be like my father who has wives who live separately. I will have a massive yard, said the son.

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