The Shortest 4th Marriage in History…
16 Feb
One of my best-loved financial indulgences is subscribing to HBO, and I’m so glad I did. Big Love’s 3rd season is better than ever, and I’ll gladly give up $4 coffees for a week to view it for one hour on Sunday.
Last night Bill Henrickson married his fourth wife and scheduled the wedding in-between a family bowling event and a meeting to discuss his gambling business venture. Marriage is apparently an event that needs very little planning time in a polygamist society.
The focal conflict of the show was where the fourth wife would stay until she got a place of her own. At a family meeting, Bill overruled the first and third wives and forced the new one to share space with Nikki, who offered her a “nook” without a door. This prompted Doug to say, “Honey, I wouldn’t do that to you. If I got another wife there’d be a coin toss to see who got to move into the garage.” Precisely.
My other observation from the show is that the most ridiculous looking bowling outfit is a prairie skirt and blouse with bowling shoes.
My husband and I (no, there are no other wives) are slavishly addicted to watching “Big Love.” What makes it all the more interesting is my husband is the black sheep in a Mormon family from Idaho. When he married me, his trip to eternity was cancelled. That’s okay though, cause I feel like we’ve been married for eternity already. I’m also devoted to “Flight of the Concords,” which my friend and former college roommate, Catherine Sherman, wrote about. I just happened upon your blog. Oh happy day!
Oh, I love this show, too! And I see that its final season is coming up now.