Friends, what are we to make of bigamy?

I said last time that the Self of the bigamist himself is not trying to split, but he is trying to get two or more other Selves to merge for his benefit. I will amend that somewhat. The Self of the bigamist is, perhaps initially, splitting itself into its constituent parts of his personality, for the purpose of showing the particular face of "the man I fell in love with," to the two or more different, unique women he is married to. The bigamist, uncomfortable with this split, seeks to merge the Selves of the two or more women as quickly as possible, so that he can unify his personality, thus relieving his own uncomfortable internal dichotomy.

Whaaaat?!

*Incoming Star Trek reference

Remember Star Trek Voyager (Captain Janeway)? Remember the episode when the Vulcan First Officer, Tuvac (not to be confused with Tupac) and the ship's cook, a being called Neelix, had an accident with the transporter, and merged to become one being, Nuvac or Teelix or Tulix, whatever? You know, I'm not going to lie to you, I was proud to see a black Vulcan for the first time....

Anyhoo: this is what the bigamist would like to do if it were not scientifically and legally impossible. This is the infinite result that the bigamist is unconsciously groping for. But this aberrant behavior, leaving aside its immorality, begs the question: what is love anyway?

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