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I just saw the commercial for this show on TLC. I honestly don't know what to think about it!
Ladies, any thoughts?
ETA:
I am a "to each your own" person also. As long as everyone is a consenting adult I have no problem with it!
However, I feel like that family is just setting themselves up to be bashed. Obviously polygamist families know they are not the mainstream and probably never will be again (at least not in the foreseeable future)
Ehh, I'll probably catch it on reruns.
Ooh, what's the angle?
Sometimes I wish I lived in the USA. You guys have so many more wedding shows than we do!
I have to admit, I'm going to watch it and see how it is.
It's not a wedding show though, it's about a polygamist man with 3 wives, and 13 children between them
It's a 'reality show' following a husband and his polygomist family.
If you've ever watched 'Big Love' on HBO...you should get it.
Personally, my feelings are to each his own. However, I also feel that TLC whose initials stand for The Learning Channel has lately seriously sunk to the bottom of the barrel. What exactly are we learning from the majority of the shows they air?
I do not know what to think either. I don't know if we will try to watch this or not; I know it won't be on our must watch list. Those girls amaze me "Of course I want my husband having sex with another woman!" I know I could not live that lifestyle, that's for sure.
I know it's the "reality" version of Big Love, but nothing about polygyamy sits right with me. I know these women say they're happy, but are they really? It's just a weird form of the religion to me.
I don't thank I can stand to NOT watch it. I'm just too curious about it! I will totally tune in just to appease my curiosity. I can't imagine sharing my husband but they are rasied to be prepared for that !
I'm trying really hard to imagine how they can be "ok" with this lifestyle, but I just don't get it. It will be very interesting to see how life is for this family and how they justify it as "normal." I'll definitely be tuning in though because I'm quite curious.
I'm a huge fan of HBO's "Big Love" but not sure if i'm gonna watch it or not. I too agree the TLC has really sunk straight to the bottom. The Duggers, The Gosselins, Quints by Surprise, Hoarders, LA Ink.....the only thing i've learned from LA Ink is that i DON'T want to look or smell like Kat Von D. Ewwwww.
Honestly, I really enjoy big love on HBO, so I might try to catch the first one. It looks interesting enough. We will see what it's really about.
I'll probably watch it out of pure curiosity. I def do not agree with it bc i could never share my husband but I want to see they're point of view and how they're ok with this! I have a feeling the phrase "to each their own" will be used alot on this thread
I can not wait to watch the show either. I am curious to know if there is real drama between the wives; not the its her turn to cook drama but the its my turn to sleep with him drama.
I am just confused. I thought that polygymist have their own sects and communities and home school their children. I didn't know they did reality TV shows.
I really don't know anything about the lifestyle of polygamist but I just remember that major incident (I believe it was last summer) when the government took away some of the children.
@roxy821: A lot of polygamists don't belong to those "communities" (offshoots of the LDS religion) and function in normal society. They probably aren't very open about it though, knowing polygamy isn't accepted in mainstream society.
@babyboo- Thanks! I was just in shock when I saw that commercial last night.
Okay so I've seen the commercials and am interested in the psychology behind the poly. lifestyle - but everytime a commercial comes on I'm so distracted by what they're saying that I don't catch what time/day it runs on. Could someone tell me?
I guess because it's so out of the "norm" it's interesting. I mean I get that humans aren't monogomous mates, but it's such a social norm in the western world. Like it seems like you would have to be raised and surrounded by that lifestyle (and certain religions) for the societial expectation of monogomy not to effect you. Real cool stuff.
TIA for the time and day
Sunday evening I believe.. yep at 10 pm. Just checked my dish guide.
lol okay so I have already set my dvr to record it. I'm interested. The commercial kind of makes me laugh with the lady who says her husband had better be having sex with other women (?!). I think it'll be interesting if nothing else.
@Edina:Haha!
Ah, interesting though. I have a friend who follows the poly lifestyle and just got married. I don't get to quiz him about it as much as I'd like to.
I would watch, but will prob get too fustrated about these womens views. Plus I'll feel really bad for the childen.
I love watching these shows bc it is so strange to me. I also like to watch the lifetime movies about the polygomist mormons. I can see why the guys want to do this but I dont understand why the women want to do this.
Regarding polygamy in general, I have to say that I really don't have a problem with it, as long as all spouses are in love, of age, fully consenting, and well aware of the alternatives. To use the Big Love example, I have no problem with the way that the Henricksons do things. I wouldn't do it myself, but if everyone is a consenting adult and the children are well cared for, well, it's none of my business.
To continue with the Big Love example, I have a HUGE problem with the way things are done at the compound. Underage girls are married off to old men, and they've been raised to believe that it's their only choice.
As far as the show goes, I think these people are going to be opening themselves up to a HUGE amount of criticism. If they can handle it, good for them. But I can't imagine what would possess someone to want to be on a reality show. Well, the millions of dollars, I suppose.
@gulbraa44: mormons are not polygamist and have not been ever since it was outlawed. The polygamists today are usually part of an extreme sect that USE TO belong to mormonism. The exact name of the group escapes me at the moment though..
We're big fans of Big Love and have been watching the past seasons on netflix. DH just shook his head when he saw the commercial b/c he knew I'd want to watch it, haha. He was right! I don't know why I'm such a sucker for those reality shows, but I am.
hmm in a way i think that's so weird but then again if there were two men that really loved me and were fine with the situation i think i might have a rethink
I LOVED Big Love and then FI decided we didn't "need" HBO :(
I will watch it but if it seems to rehearsed and scripted like those cupcake girls then I will stop. I used to love TLC it had so many cool shows now it's just a cheap version of A&E The food Network WE and every other network out there, it makes shows based on what is popular on other channels....when did they jump the shark? It was John and Kate plus 8 right?
@littlemissmoo: Oh I wouldn't be able to have a friend into the poly lifestyle...I wouldn't be able to stop myself from constantly asking impolite questions! I'm sure they would get sick of me pretty quick.
So just curious, is he open to his partners having other relationships or is it more a Big Love style that we most commonly are exposed to?
Curosity definitely has the best of me on this one... I'll tune in b/c I think it's fasinating to see how other people live. I can't even come close to understanding polygamy --- I know I couldn't and wouldn't do it!
@Kanebaby: I have to agree with you...I love TLC but seriously between the duggers and gosslins and now this new sister wives show comming out, I've almost lost all respect for this station.
I'm a "too each their own" person too but I cannot find anything to make this new show right...
@Edina:I know what you mean! I had to stop and check myself before whilst talking to him - although it takes a lot to get him offended thankfully! He's totally open to his partners having other partners but so long as they are actual relationships and not going out and having one-night stands type of thing, which is how I understand lots of the more modern poly relationships are like. The Big Love style cases are kind of the extremists of the lifestyle. But that's what makes for good reality TV so that's what we're more exposed to I suppose.
I set the PVR to record it... I'm curious to see what it will be like. I'm not against it but I do find it odd.
They were on the Today Show and said their house is divided into 3 "apartments".
@littlemissmoo: Interesting! I feel like one-night stands would bother me less because there's no emotional attachment.
And yeah, I'm sure you're right about how most modern poly relationships are. I guess when I hear the word "polygamy" my mind goes right to the FLDS and anything other than that I think "open relationship." Semantics!
@jennychicago I completely agree about the cupcake show!! I was all excited thinking it was going to be cute and it was SO scripted, fake, corny, etc. Major sad face. It's actually too painful to watch.
I really excited to watch this show just because I'm very curious! It's already set on the DVR!
The show looks interesting. But as much as I love TLC - its more of a "love to hate" relationship with that station. The show will be amusing for sure, but I doubt it'll be intellectually stimulating.
As far as polygamy goes... I believe it should be legal. Of course there are many instances of polygamy & underage girls... abuse... etc. But if everyone involved is a consenting adult then I see no problem. If these families never get "officially" married - then how is it against the law? In North America we have the freedom to live with whoever we want and sleep with whoever we want. I think that if polygamy were more out in the open - there would probably be less secrecy and less abuse going on in these communities.
I'll try to catch the show. I adore Big Love and find the topic interesting.
I personally don't get it. I haven't seen any commercials for it but it doesn't interest me at all. My aunt is LDS and one of the running jokes when she got married was that she would be the head wife (forget the exact term used), but neither she nor her husband believe that polygamy is right. Also, the last time I checked (out of pure curiosity), polygamy is not legal anywhere in the US so these other "wives" are not legal even if their religious commune might believe otherwise.
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