New research has found that men in polygamous marriages have a significantly higher risk of heart disease than men with only one spouse. The researchers concluded that having more than one wife yields a four-fold risk of developing coronary artery disease.
I know what you’re thinking. But no, this has nothing to do with forgetting multiple anniversaries.
Nope, the researchers claimed that the cause for this ticker-turbulence is stress driven by economic concerns. They reason that maintaining multiple marriages gets expensive, thereby increasing stress as the guy needs to take on a second job or travel more for work.
But I’m not buying that logic. I think the heart just can’t handle being wrong that much more.
The research was conducted in Saudi Arabia and the UAE. So here’s another possible explanation: having additional wives means an increased chance of getting stoned to death for being an accessory to adultery.
That’d be hell on anyone’s heart.
I once had a dream that I was in a polygamous marriage and every time I got stung by a bee, I broke out in wives!
I know there is no apology that can take away the pain of that pun Tom but I am truly sorry. I really am.
Frankly, I like this balance of power. You guys should just need to buck up!
Buck up is right, lotsa bucks.
Being outnumbered, out-voted, and out-argued, combined with the knowledge that any one of them could kill you in your sleep while the other two provide an alibi…well then, bring on the attack!
Total paradise, no?
If Henny Youngman were a polygamist:
“Take my wives, . . . please.”