Comments on: I wish to file for 82 divorces, please… http://blogs.reuters.com/oddly-enough/2008/09/09/i-wish-to-file-for-82-divorces-please/ News, but not the serious kind Sun, 29 Nov 2009 07:02:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Jon http://blogs.reuters.com/oddly-enough/2008/09/09/i-wish-to-file-for-82-divorces-please/#comment-366837 Jon Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:06:52 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/oddly-enough/2008/09/09/i-wish-to-file-for-82-divorces-please/#comment-366837 He must have one hell of a large bed. He must have one hell of a large bed.

]]> By: Defy Logic » Blog Archive » Honey, I’m home! Honey, I’m home! Honey, I’m home! http://blogs.reuters.com/oddly-enough/2008/09/09/i-wish-to-file-for-82-divorces-please/#comment-365891 Defy Logic » Blog Archive » Honey, I’m home! Honey, I’m home! Honey, I’m home! Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:29:29 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/oddly-enough/2008/09/09/i-wish-to-file-for-82-divorces-please/#comment-365891 [...] A few weeks ago I had a very popular item about this guy in Nigeria who had 86 wives and was ordered to divorce all but four of them. You may recall it as I wish to file for 82 divorces, please. [...] [...] A few weeks ago I had a very popular item about this guy in Nigeria who had 86 wives and was ordered to divorce all but four of them. You may recall it as I wish to file for 82 divorces, please. [...]

]]> By: Inu http://blogs.reuters.com/oddly-enough/2008/09/09/i-wish-to-file-for-82-divorces-please/#comment-362865 Inu Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:49:22 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/oddly-enough/2008/09/09/i-wish-to-file-for-82-divorces-please/#comment-362865 Holy moly. Thats a LOT of wives. O_o Holy moly. Thats a LOT of wives. O_o

]]> By: RLM http://blogs.reuters.com/oddly-enough/2008/09/09/i-wish-to-file-for-82-divorces-please/#comment-362844 RLM Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:21:45 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/oddly-enough/2008/09/09/i-wish-to-file-for-82-divorces-please/#comment-362844 Lu, I think the answer to my question actually resides in the (patriarchal) notion that in a marriage the woman is there to serve the needs of the man, rather than the other way around, and rather than the thought that each is there to serve the other's needs. There appears to be no sense of equality, cooperation, and the like. At first blush, this seems like quite a different mindset from Western thought, but then again, perhaps many Western men would fit right in, eh? Lu,

I think the answer to my question actually resides in the (patriarchal) notion that in a marriage the woman is there to serve the needs of the man, rather than the other way around, and rather than the thought that each is there to serve the other’s needs. There appears to be no sense of equality, cooperation, and the like. At first blush, this seems like quite a different mindset from Western thought, but then again, perhaps many Western men would fit right in, eh?

]]> By: Diane http://blogs.reuters.com/oddly-enough/2008/09/09/i-wish-to-file-for-82-divorces-please/#comment-362837 Diane Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:15:28 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/oddly-enough/2008/09/09/i-wish-to-file-for-82-divorces-please/#comment-362837 Hey AZ, did you miss the humor tag? This blog is a humorous site, not a serious news site. It is supposed to be funny. I think it is funny, but then I have a sense of humor. Hey AZ, did you miss the humor tag? This blog is a humorous site, not a serious news site. It is supposed to be funny. I think it is funny, but then I have a sense of humor.

]]> By: Lu http://blogs.reuters.com/oddly-enough/2008/09/09/i-wish-to-file-for-82-divorces-please/#comment-362833 Lu Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:56:58 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/oddly-enough/2008/09/09/i-wish-to-file-for-82-divorces-please/#comment-362833 For RLM - While more than one husband sounds like it would be a move towards equality for women in polygamous societies, why on earth would a woman punish herself with more than one boob tube watching, eats more than he weighs, rather hang out with his "boys" than his wife, whining man-child! Never! Could you imagine having your birhtday and anniversary dates forgotten 4 times a year instead of once? For RLM - While more than one husband sounds like it would be a move towards equality for women in polygamous societies, why on earth would a woman punish herself with more than one boob tube watching, eats more than he weighs, rather hang out with his “boys” than his wife, whining man-child! Never! Could you imagine having your birhtday and anniversary dates forgotten 4 times a year instead of once?

]]> By: George http://blogs.reuters.com/oddly-enough/2008/09/09/i-wish-to-file-for-82-divorces-please/#comment-362832 George Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:52:47 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/oddly-enough/2008/09/09/i-wish-to-file-for-82-divorces-please/#comment-362832 Since the ratio of male to female births is roughly 1:1 it seems to me that this would leave 85 men without wives. With all those guys with no prospect of married life, and nothing to do, I would suspect that there would be higher crime rates in places which encourage/tolerate polygamy. I wonder if there's been a study on that... off to google I go. Since the ratio of male to female births is roughly 1:1 it seems to me that this would leave 85 men without wives. With all those guys with no prospect of married life, and nothing to do, I would suspect that there would be higher crime rates in places which encourage/tolerate polygamy. I wonder if there’s been a study on that… off to google I go.

]]> By: RLM http://blogs.reuters.com/oddly-enough/2008/09/09/i-wish-to-file-for-82-divorces-please/#comment-362825 RLM Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:08:55 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/oddly-enough/2008/09/09/i-wish-to-file-for-82-divorces-please/#comment-362825 And under Islam, how many husbands can a woman have? And, when it is all said and done, why is that? And under Islam, how many husbands can a woman have? And, when it is all said and done, why is that?

]]> By: Wassim http://blogs.reuters.com/oddly-enough/2008/09/09/i-wish-to-file-for-82-divorces-please/#comment-362823 Wassim Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:23:51 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/oddly-enough/2008/09/09/i-wish-to-file-for-82-divorces-please/#comment-362823 To all those who are asking why the man was asked to keep 4 wives; it is because Islam recommends that a man be married to one wife, but allows up to 4 as a maximum. To all those who are asking why the man was asked to keep 4 wives; it is because Islam recommends that a man be married to one wife, but allows up to 4 as a maximum.

]]> By: Lebone http://blogs.reuters.com/oddly-enough/2008/09/09/i-wish-to-file-for-82-divorces-please/#comment-362822 Lebone Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:19:08 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/oddly-enough/2008/09/09/i-wish-to-file-for-82-divorces-please/#comment-362822 @Smart Ass - not so smart after all. Swaziland and South Africa are 2 different countries, next to each other. @Smart Ass - not so smart after all. Swaziland and South Africa are 2 different countries, next to each other.

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