A Not So Normal Lifestyle

Do you ever feel like some things you and your family do are out of the ordinary?  Like if any of your friends ever knew what your little brother just said from across the dinner table, you would be mortified?  Imagine living a lifestyle that is completely right for you and follows all your morals and beliefs, but is looked down on by society.  This short video above shows a young Polygamist family.  One wife being 28 years old, and other being only 20, both having the same husband who is 28.  I found this short clip very interesting and unique because it went in depth about the family's beliefs about the lifestyle they live.  Many Catholics would most likely infer that polygamy is a sin because in the Catholic Church, Holy Matrimony is meant to be between a man and a woman.  Therefore, you would not expect these families to be religious and worship God in any way.  In this case we see the exact opposite.  One of the wives states that she believes that this is the way that God lives.  We also saw the whole family saying grace together, so, regardless of this family's situation, God is still standing by their side.

This video also shows the emotional aspect of this relationship, and how building a family impacts it greatly.  In the beginning of the video the husband states that the three of them have been married for a year and a half.  He emphasizes in his tone of voice that their relationship is a team effort, and something that is shared between the three of them.  The women admit that their is obviously jealousy at times, that it is a human emotion, and can not be avoided, but the two women love each other and value their family greatly.  The women explain how they are each other's best friends and that they would never say "this is my kid."  They have kids together, and they explain that if one of them were unable to have kids they would still have kids.  With one of the wives having 25 siblings, she explains how she does not want to put a number on her family.  This way of living is definitely unique and takes a lot of patience and understanding to be apart of, but this video showed me that the value of family is the same regardless of whether it is polygomist or not.