One man, seven wives, eight children..Bizarre
It takes all sorts... I hear Gypsy was looking for a long term meaningful relationship...SO...
You would think seven wives would be more than enough to keep a man busy.
But Philip Sharp has a little more on his plate than usual - two are pregnant at the same time.
Margo, 39, is due this month, while Vreni, 38, is scheduled to deliver in January.
Mr Sharp, a self-proclaimed rabbi says that GOD had told him he was a reincarnated Old Testament king. And so he lives like one, with a harem of devoted 'wives', none of whom he is legally married to.
Now the 'rampant rabbi', as he has been called, has eight children by four wives - on top of five by a previous and now estranged wife.
He is looking forward to the next two arrivals. 'I never use contraception and I don't let my wives take the Pill unless they really don't want kids,' he declared at his Sussex farmhouse.
'My three partners who haven't had children find it hard when the other women fall pregnant.
'I'm spending more time with Margo and Vreni as we prepare for the births.'
Margo was 25 and had never had a serious boyfriend when she met Mr Sharp at his 'synagogue' based in Hove.
Now about to give birth to her fourth child by him she said: 'I used to want a normal relationship with one husband, and was scared when I was first invited to marry Philip.
'But I thought about it, and heard God telling me I should.
'The first year was the hardest, and I was very jealous of the other wives. I told Philip - and he said I should learn how to share, and now I have.
'Now I feel blessed that my children call the other wives "Mummy", and I trust them completely with my kids.
Vreni, six months pregnant with her second child with Mr Sharp, is originally from Switzerland.
She was studying languages in England when she heard about his synagogue.
God, she claims, told her to join. 'At first I worried what my friends and family would think but I realised what God wanted was more important,' she said.
She added: 'I cannot wear makeup to appear attractive to anyone else other than Philip. I like to abide by the rules.'
And Mr Sharp, 48, certainly has a household full of rules.
His wives have to wear hats to shield their hair from other men, follow a rota for housework, and attend to his every whim.
They also have to help out in Mr Sharp's haulage business. And they have to be content not to have had a proper wedding - as he insists their marriages simply began when they first had sex.
All the wives submit to his bedroom demands.
Mr Sharp said: 'There is no rota for sex. It depends on where I'm at with each wife emotionally and spiritually.
'I spend time with whoever I like, and it is often the wives I have more fun with that I want to be with. When they quarrel, I call a family meeting and the other wives act as a jury so we can resolve it.'
The Mail
LOL Anne!
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Way to go Ray!
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Who say's I'm looking for a long term meaningful relationship??? I'm looking for a walking, talking handbag dammit!
It's a brave man to take on 7 mother in-laws...!
It takes all sorts to make this wonderful world of ours turn. If they're happy who's to judge.
cheers to that!!!
sharing is good but not my husband... grrrrrrrrrrr
Platao..I dont want to shit in my own backyard..
by sharing my love
"Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated"
....G.B. Shaw
Fatcat: Yes, it may turn it more interesting, the important is that all elements have enough wealth to keep such a family.
Andrew/Jarreau: Love is free, leurn to share it and you'll see it all in a different way. ;)
Only God Can Judge Me
الله فقط يمكنه محاكمتي
I am you and you are me, if you love i love, if you suffer i suffer
أنا أنت, و أنت أنا, إذا أحببت نفسك أحببت نفسي, إذا عانيتَ عانيتُ
Anyway... the guy... Lucky??? No i don't think so. I hope he can provide for his "wives" and childeren.
But for me......... i am very selfish/oldfashioned i guess........ i don't share (well my husband i mean) and i will not be shared..........
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Life is nothing without friends.... :)
QL.... just a (very nice) way of live..... :)
Sharing is surely caring ;)
7 wives and ONLY 8 kids....dude is such a LOSER!
------------Virgos dont like chaos, gerrit? ----------
How stupid those ladies are
Platão, this makes a conversion more enticing, right? ;)
polygamy, sorry,.. just not my cup of tea...
I just wanna state that poligamy works both sides, if the man/woman decide for a poligamic relation, both can have several husbands/wifes, the problem is that all should leurn to share instead of monopolising.
Isn't it better to choose 2 options in 2 instead of only 1?
You'll just have to truelly love the women/man, i'll leave a link regarding a community here, in Portugal, that talks about it: www.tamera.org
Only God Can Judge Me
الله فقط يمكنه محاكمتي
I am you and you are me, if you love i love, if you suffer i suffer
أنا أنت, و أنت أنا, إذا أحببت نفسك أحببت نفسي, إذا عانيتَ عانيتُ
if not married to any of them,will you refer them as wives?
Heero - if u get seven wives, u'll call youself lucky?
We have these holy men in India. My teacher in college once narrated how she had gone to one of these sessions for fun. she said even she was surprised as during that time, there was sumthin in the way he spoke that she also was kinda transfixed.
Brit......
Then good for him I say. If he's doing what makes him happy and does'nt cost the taxpayer then fair enough. Others should follow his example........for the social I mean.
just eat another pie
...I mean, lucky bastard 'rabbi'!
"Everything in this book may be wrong." Illusions: The Adventures of The Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach
Actually , he doesn't claim any benefits. He has a business which finances his "lifestyle"
Perhaps you could start a "chapter" in Qatar !
Forgive my ignorance, are Jewish guys allowed to marry more than one wife?
Alexa - I wouldnt say he trained them, i'd say brainwashed or maybe hypnotised.
they've seen the light alright!!! and apparently, it all snapped out...
Could only be in the UK.
Wonder how much social they qualify for.
just eat another pie
I got more than enough with one wife, I couldn't stand 7 - would be to much noise. Of Course parts of having 7 wife's was appealing though.
They have seen the light.. Why can't you?
Nah, I'm a spoiled brat, the only girl child. Never was much good at sharing. Or at living with other girls :-D
im all for sharing,... just not on my would-be husband, lol...
One lucky bloke!
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Way to go Ray!
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mmmm sound like a load of nutters!!
so strange...
This could be your "ticket' to a life of ease and sharing.. Bringing happiness to others..
"he said I should learn how to share" :-0 Yikes!