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Why the modern woman now wants to be a second wife

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A second wife does not have to deal with the hard-core stuff that a first wife deals with    Photo: Courtesy

Last weekend the strangest thing happened to me. I went on a blind date on Saturday with a man who was a friend of a friend of a friend; and thirty minutes into my date I got my first marriage proposal, but not the kind you are thinking. I was offered the role of second wife.

Apparently, my date had a wife of twelve years and three children, and was currently on the prowl for a second wife.

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