In local news, a man was just arrested for having three wives at the same time. His response, in so many words, was, “I have three wives?” This was notable because not only is bigamy uncommon, but usually when a man is married to three women at the same time, it is intentional.
His first marriage ended in divorce, or so he thought; he signed divorce papers. Apparently he didn’t know his wife had to sign papers, too, or if he did know, he must have thought she signed them. But she didn’t.
His second marriage lasted only two weeks. He said he didn’t file divorce papers because he didn’t think it was a real marriage. Not real because: it lasted two weeks.
Then he re-married and his second wife ratted on him, complaining that he was already married when he married her. Now he’s sitting in a jail cell awaiting trial. He maintains he’s innocent and it’s all a big misunderstanding.
As I watched a TV news reporter interview the bigamist at a local jail, the fatuity fairly leaped off my TV screen. A misunderstanding? Sure. It’s exactly the kind of misunderstanding that can get you two to ten.
Three wives at the same time: it could happen to anyone. Right?
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