Polygamy no fun, admits Ethiopian

That’s the actual headline from this BBC article.

Polygamy no fun, admits Ethiopian
By Mohammed Adow

An Ethiopian man with 11 wives and 77 children is urging people not to follow his example and is giving advice on family planning and contraception. After seeing his fortune disappear under the competing demands of his enormous family, Ayattu Nure, 56, even urges people not to get married.

“I want my children to be farmers but I have no land, I want them to go to school but I have no money,” he says.

Never get married? Who he is to talk—sounds like the drunk who went through a bottle of whiskey a day and then tells everyone else they shouldn’t drink. Moderation, my dear fellow. Certainly marriage is something you should know what you’re getting into, cause it ain’t easy to get out.

“I know I have done wrong by marrying many wives and begetting many children but I think I deserve help from the government.”

Hmm…

He says that he tries to share his time evenly between his wives and children, adding that although quarrels and squabbles are common, they try to solve their problems amicably. “People see me as a funny man, but there is no fun in my condition. I am a desperate man struggling to survive,” he says.