Poni Abraham

My Two Takeaways from The Polygamist.

First, about the man himself, and Second, about women and their choices.

Let me start with Jonasi….
I've been thinking about this series and what it really says. Most people think it’s actually about polygamy. That's just the surface…
Polygamy is the visible thing, what you see on the outside. The deeper story is accumulation. Jonasi is a man who believes that more is always better. More women. More houses. More children. More everything.

But he never stops to ask: is any of it actually working?

It reminded me of a funeral I once attended. The man was described as "great." He had land, plots, wives, children. The evidence was overwhelming. But nobody spoke about his interior life. Was he lonely? Did the people closest to him feel safe? Did they truly love and honor him? Did he leave behind affection or just obligation?

We have this vocabulary for upgrading the outward dimensions of a man, but we remain strangely uninterested in what is happening inside him.

Jonasi is that man. Generous and selfish in the same afternoon. Genuinely loving his family while also wounding them irreparably. He has enough goodness to confuse everyone, including himself.
Evil would be easier to analyze. Contradiction requires more work.

This series teaches us that; a person can spend an entire lifetime increasing the size of his world while diminishing its quality. He can gather people without ever learning how to encounter them. He can be indispensable to hundreds while remaining unknown to himself.
That is the real tragedy….

Now my second takeaway.
Let me say this with love and a little frustration;

The Polygamist didn't just tell a story that most of us may have heard before, known people living it or even lived it ourselves, It established the fact that many WOMEN will marry anything.

I guarantee you, most of us women will surprise every fiber of your being with what we choose to end up with... but that's just us Women, we will give each other grace…

However, the only take or what I want people to see with this series is the fact that Women should learn how to be SELFISH WITH THEIR WOMBS!

You can choose to frolick with the elder brother of Satan but leave Children out of it cos you will destroy them, you will traumatize them if you continue to stay and endure abuse. If an Adult decides that is how they want to live their lives, please leave Children out of your ideas….

By the end of the series, you come to realize that “The Polygamist” isn’t about polygamy. Jonas Gomora is portrayed not as a true polygamist, but as a man motivated by excess, deceit and emotional violence. He lies, manipulates, hides women, abuses power and causes harm; all of which distort the reality of polygamy. That is not polygamy. That is sexual misconduct. Jonasi was a man who kept swallowing the world, until the world swallowed him back.

And it's about women who need to stop sacrificing their children on the altar of bad decisions.

Watch it. Learn from it. And if you see yourself in Jonasi Joyce, Matiba or Essie, do better…

Imagine seeing Jonasi Gomora in your dream😅😅
Even if it was just a dream….
I failed to fall asleep again, out of fear that he might appear 😂😂😂😂😂

Being born poor is Not shame, it is fate…
Being treated badly because you are poor is the way the world works…
Temporarily Depending on people to escape poverty is standard survival skill…
But continuing to stay dependent is a crime against humanity…
Allowing your poverty and background to constantly define you and your future is self sabotage….!

Have a great evening…

Welcome to the Diary of a Married Woman…!😅😅

Monday: You’re the best thing that ever happened to me!😍

Tuesday: You ungrateful MF, how can you treat me like this after everything I’ve done for you…?😭

Wednesday: I love you to the moon and back. You’re my ride or die…!😻💪🏾

Thursday: I regret the day I ever met you. You are my worst mistake…😪

Friday: My king, my heartbeat, the man who captured my heart. You’re so handsome, you mama understood the assignment🤭😘

Saturday: See yourself, looking like a monkey… I wonder what I even saw in you…🙄

Sunday: I thank God for bringing you into my life, you are my greatest blessing and gift from God…❤️🙏🏾

Now honestly tell me,
Are married people really sane?😂😂😂😂😅

Can we all agree to go and beat our English language teachers..,?😂😂😂😂😂😂

Because warrisdis…?😅😅😅😅😅

Dear Bari speakers, How do I say
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