‘My Husband Stopped Loving Me’: South African Women Respond to Polygamous Relationships

• TikTok woman hosts open conversation about what women think about polygamous relationships
• Kelebogile Chauke asked what made Mzansi women accept or allow their husbands to marry second wives and how their polygamous relationships were
• The ladies had different stories to tell, some light, others quite heavy and emotional, and some admitted that they had left

A South African woman was curious about how polygamous relationships worked and had an open conversation about it.

Kelebogile Chauke asked Mzansi women how they came to terms with the fact that their husbands were marrying other women and how their polygamous relationships were going.

South African Women’s Reactions to Polygamous Relationships

Polygamy is very popular in Zulu culture and has been brought back to life by reality TV star Musa Mseleku, a man with four wives and looking for a fifth. The whole idea of ​​a polygamous relationship is to extend the husband’s bloodline.

It is said that in Zulu culture, a man seeking a polygamous marriage must be wealthy enough to support his large family. The nature of the union is often too much for the first wife, who must share her husband with other women and watch her man fall in love and create families with different women.

TikTok woman Kelebogile Chauke hosted a sensitive conversation and asked women from Mzansi how they accepted their husbands’ request to marry a second wife and how their relationship is going so far. Chauke captioned her clip:

“So ladies… what made you agree to his second wife and how does polygamy work?”

Watch the video below:

Mzansi responds to nature of polygamous relationships

The responses from women in the comments were varied and helpful, as each had different views and stories to tell:

@Wow shared the dark side of polygamy:

“I grew up in a polygamous home and believe me, it’s the worst thing you can do to your children; you grow up knowing that your father has favorites and some kids get more attention, financially and emotionally.”

@Nothembile admitted she would never be able to thrive in a polygamous relationship:

“If this finds my marriage, I will know that my husband has stopped loving me, I will choose myself and leave; it will not be easy, but I will leave.”

@the_lioness♡ shared:

“I tried polygamy and to be honest, my first wife always cried while I was having fun; he would spend a whole month not coming home, living with me. One day my mother sat me down and told me what I was doing was wrong.”

@susbee05 couldn’t hurt another woman:

“Yho, I left my Zulu boyfriend after he told me he had a wife and wanted to introduce me. I ran away to save my life. I will never hurt another sister, ever.”

The polygamous lives of Musa Mseleku, Jacob Zuma and two other South African stars

News in brief also reported that polygamy is the practice or custom of having more than one wife at the same time. This lifestyle recently came into the spotlight when former president Jacob Zuma became the first president in the country to openly practice it.

To shed light on this intriguing lifestyle, Briefly News spoke to Musa Mseleku and took a look at the lives of several famous families who actively engage in polygamy.

Source: Briefly News