De facto

I was talking to a bloke the other day about his current settlements with his former de facto wives. Yes, plural.

It appears he had two girlfriends and he spent enough time at both their places for a period longer than two years to be considered in a de facto relationship with both of them.

When the girls discovered the existence of each other they both simultaneously pulled the plug and they both took him to court for his assets.

And there is nothing in the law that says you can only be in one de facto relationship. So he had to settle twice.

In this instance it actually is better to be married since you can only be married to one person at a time.

In other words it is legal to practice de facto polygamy. Isn’t that strange?