Hello, my name's Dan and my wife and I are new here and figured this was probably the place to start.
Little about why we're here:
My wife and I are both Christian, with a strong focus on family. We've talked about polygamy off and on for a few years now. First as part of a study to figure out what is really ok and not ok the Bible (vs what is just current thinking in the American Church). We then kind of moved on to thinking it could really have it's benefits, but wouldn't be realistic in the modern world. More recently, we stumbled onto TLC's Sister Wives (how I hadn't heard of it previously I have no idea) and started seriously discussing and praying about the poly lifestyle. There are aspects of the Brown's relationship that we dearly love, and areas we really think could be improved (we're not 100% caught up yet, but the 1 episode with the Dargers had me thinking they're a lot closer to what our structure might be like). Anyway, we're at the point now that we really would like to connect with people in the Poly lifestyle and get some "in the trenches" views. We're not afraid of really working on a relationship, and see many benefits, but we'd be silly not to seek out the wisdom of people more experienced than us!
Anyway, some demographics:
I'm 34, and my wife and I have been married for 15 years. So we're not exactly new at this whole marriage thing!
We've got three kids, our youngest is a 7 year old boy, then a 14 year old boy. Our oldest is actually already moved out, as we adopted her when she was 9, about a decade a go. We live in Nebraska, and have a pretty fantastic family life. We're not looking at polygamy as a way to "fix" something, but to expand and grow in new ways. Currently I work outside the home, while my wife home schools the kids and handles most of the domestic management. She's worked outside the home before (heck, she's the one with the Bachelor's!) and I've done most of the domestics at times, but currently I'm the one that can make more money at my job and get better benefits. I mention this because we've very far removed from some people's mental picture when I say my wife home schools!
Guess that's enough "wall of text" for now, hope to talk to some of you soon!
Little about why we're here:
My wife and I are both Christian, with a strong focus on family. We've talked about polygamy off and on for a few years now. First as part of a study to figure out what is really ok and not ok the Bible (vs what is just current thinking in the American Church). We then kind of moved on to thinking it could really have it's benefits, but wouldn't be realistic in the modern world. More recently, we stumbled onto TLC's Sister Wives (how I hadn't heard of it previously I have no idea) and started seriously discussing and praying about the poly lifestyle. There are aspects of the Brown's relationship that we dearly love, and areas we really think could be improved (we're not 100% caught up yet, but the 1 episode with the Dargers had me thinking they're a lot closer to what our structure might be like). Anyway, we're at the point now that we really would like to connect with people in the Poly lifestyle and get some "in the trenches" views. We're not afraid of really working on a relationship, and see many benefits, but we'd be silly not to seek out the wisdom of people more experienced than us!
Anyway, some demographics:
I'm 34, and my wife and I have been married for 15 years. So we're not exactly new at this whole marriage thing!
We've got three kids, our youngest is a 7 year old boy, then a 14 year old boy. Our oldest is actually already moved out, as we adopted her when she was 9, about a decade a go. We live in Nebraska, and have a pretty fantastic family life. We're not looking at polygamy as a way to "fix" something, but to expand and grow in new ways. Currently I work outside the home, while my wife home schools the kids and handles most of the domestic management. She's worked outside the home before (heck, she's the one with the Bachelor's!) and I've done most of the domestics at times, but currently I'm the one that can make more money at my job and get better benefits. I mention this because we've very far removed from some people's mental picture when I say my wife home schools!
Guess that's enough "wall of text" for now, hope to talk to some of you soon!
