“I haven’t been married since I was almost 50 years old, but in my opinion, it’s a truly enviable life.” “I think polygamy is good as long as you can give affection equally to your wife and children.” “I’m overwhelmed by everything, but it’s amazing how he has four wives and lovers.”
The polygamous life of a Japanese man in his 30s, which Abema TV closely covered and reported on the 22nd, became the center of public opinion. The main character is Mr. Ryuta Watanabe, 35 years old, living in Sapporo, Hokkaido. In the 16-minute video, Watanabe revealed his happy daily life with his four wives, three children, and two girlfriends.
Watanabe, who confidently says, ‘I like women,’ lives in the same house with wife 1, wife 2, and wife 3. / Abema TV
Watanabe’s polygamous life began four years ago. I first met wife 1 through an online dating app, and the following year, I continued my relationship with her octopus legs by dating her wife 2 and wife 3. Two years later she began a group cohabitation. She found a large house with 4 rooms (4LDK) and wife 1, wife 2, wife 3 and Watanabe lived together. Wife 4 also lived together for a while, but she is now said to be living separately. She currently has three children, two from Mrs. 1 and one from Mrs. 3.
In Japan, like Korea, polygamy is not legally permitted. Therefore, Watanabe was unable to register formal marriage with his young wife in her 20s, and she remained in a kind of common-law marriage. Watanabe said, “I plan to marry and divorce repeatedly so that her family will all have the same Watanabe surname as me.” (In Japan, when she gets married, her wife changes her name after her husband’s last name.) .
Family tree of Watanabe, who lives in polygamy./Abema TV
If you look at the royal court’s secret struggle, women become jealous and plot to monopolize the love of the powerful man. So what is the situation of Watanabe, who has six women?
To prevent conflicts and fights, Watanabe creates and implements reasonable rules in consultation with each other. For example, Watanabe adheres to the marriage schedule that proceeds in the order of ‘wife 1 → wife 2 → wife 3’. He said, “At first, we all slept together in one room, but the quality of sleep worsened and it became uncomfortable, so now I go to each wife’s room in order and sleep one night at a time.” Even when dating, the rule is that everyone goes out together and spends time equally.
When raising young children, it is easy to fight over childcare issues, but this is rare for the Watanabe family. This is because ‘joint parenting’ takes place, with wife 2 taking care of wife 1’s children, and wife 1 taking care of wife 3’s children. Watanabe also participates in childcare, and willingly takes on not only cooking but also household chores. The wives said, “Every day is enjoyable because we live in the same house, helping and relying on each other.”
Watanabe’s three wives each live in separate spaces./Abema TV
When asked whether one wife is enough, Watanabe answers:
“All dog lovers will agree, but once you raise a puppy, it’s so pretty and adorable that you want to raise another puppy (Watanabe also owns three puppies). I like women, and I don’t think there’s a problem with polyamory, as long as you love them all equally and spend equal time on them. During the Edo period, Shogun Tokugawa Ienari is said to have had 53 children, the largest record in history. “I plan to break that record by making 54 people.”
But what is Watanabe doing as he leads such a large family? Surprisingly, he is unemployed and has been without a job for 10 years. The Watanabe family spends about 850,000 yen (about 7.8 million won) on monthly living expenses, including 250,000 yen in monthly rent, and all of this money is borne by his wife and lovers. Watanabe is a ‘pillar man’ who makes a living by borrowing from women. Since they are penniless, no matter how many children they have, there will be no problems with inheritance later due to their assets.
Watanabe and his wives. Wife 4 could not join us for personal reasons. When asked how she would explain the current family structure to her children when they grow up and have the ability to make decisions, Wife 1 responded, “I will raise my children to be open-minded people who treat even small, isolated groups without prejudice.” / Abema TV
The wives appeared on television and constantly expressed their love for Watanabe, their unemployed husband in his 30s. Wife 1, who is Jo Kang-ji’s wife, said, “My husband is full of charms that other men don’t have, such as not being swayed by existing common sense,” and “I knew from the time we first started dating that he had several girlfriends, so I didn’t have any resistance to living together in a group.” said.
Wife 2 also said, “When I first heard about polygamy, I was surprised and thought about breaking up, but I changed my mind because it wouldn’t be a bad idea to give it a try. I thought the women would fight a lot if we lived together, but my husband has adjusted things well and we are living comfortably.” “Her husband often handles the cooking and housework by himself, and she also actively participates in childcare,” she said, a wife of 3 who gave birth to a child this year.
According to Japan’s Abema TV, out of 193 countries around the world, polygamy is allowed in 52 countries. The culture of polyandry remains in parts of India, China, Sri Lanka, and the Marquesas Islands in Polynesia.
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2023-12-23 23:43:00
