Naima B. Robert – TMC E4 Clip What are the Benefits of Poly The Second Wife’s Perspective

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The speakers discuss the benefits of being part of a certain situation and growth, including learning and growth. They stress the importance of growth, learning from past experiences, and giving back to parents and children. The conversation also touches on the difficulties of growing up in a family and the importance of learning from one's legacy.

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			Was it difficult for you to, to
submit to? Look, look look at the
		
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			face? I
		
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			mean, not to you
		
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			know, I used that word is it. It's
a trigger word you see around
		
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			here. So I say the word submit,
but was it easy for you to accept
		
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			the leadership of, you know, Coach
Nazir and kind of be a part of
		
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			this particular hole? Or what was
that journey? Like?
		
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			Okay, so Masha, Allah says, you
came into this situation. And I
		
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			know, mashallah, a lot of, you
know, a lot of the viewers either
		
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			maybe have been in that situation,
or may be thinking, Well, who
		
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			would that person be? So for you,
as the subsequent wife coming in,
		
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			you had two children of your own?
What would you say have been the
		
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			benefits of this dynamic of
polygyny for you?
		
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			I think, like, a lot of work,
double growth, growth, I think was
		
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			the biggest thing, biggest
benefit. And it's a continual
		
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			process of growth of growing,
learning, learning people,
		
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			learning, personalities, different
things. So growth is high.
		
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			Now, personally, really
		
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			interesting situation.
		
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			My mentality was this
		
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			big family, I would become the
person I don't like, I noticed. So
		
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			you know,
		
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			we have my family was blended.
When I grew up. They were
		
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			practically
		
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			that was a whole other story with
a call with, you know, he married
		
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			to someone who's married.
		
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			It was the difference I had. And I
live with that. Mike, the joy of
		
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			togetherness and family and things
like that. And that's what I saw,
		
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			in my mind initially.
		
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			Talk about that.
		
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			So the growth and clarity, not
just because sometimes I can look
		
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			at it, and I said, Okay, well, I
can insert is, you know, naive in
		
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			it, because of what I saw when I
come.
		
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			But I don't think so I don't look
at as naive, I looked at as
		
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			I'm hopeful.
		
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			Also, like,
		
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			two sides of the same coin, two
sides of the same coin.
		
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			Which is because in my mind, I saw
where we are, I saw that. So this
		
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			is not something that
		
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			is a journey. So it's a journey is
is growth is learning. And to me
		
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			that is a
		
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			beautiful benefit of polygyny
period, whether it's, you know,
		
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			our story, or anyone else's, if
you're willing to grow, if you're
		
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			willing to learn, if you're
willing to take yourself out of
		
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			the equation where it's just
totally about your feelings, or
		
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			wants, or desires, those type of
things, then you open your mind
		
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			and open your heart and open
yourself up to learn more and
		
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			growing more and being well
rounded. Instead of seeing
		
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			something as a one sided type of
thing. So yeah, growth was the
		
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			biggest benefit. The beautiful
family is an additional benefit.
		
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			And I did come from
		
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			I came from being a single parent
twice around. However, those who
		
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			are a little bit familiar with the
story channel whenever I was
		
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			raised by single mom who was
raised by a single mom, so that
		
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			was a that was new to me. I wasn't
the person that was yeah, let me
		
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			go seek the searching for a
husband type of thing. Because
		
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			seriously, that was really what do
you knew
		
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			I'm a woman, I can take care of
it. I can take care of this.
		
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			However, when you grow and you
mature and you realize that that's
		
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			not what it's supposed to be
about, when you want to share your
		
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			triumphs with people you want to,
you know, have companionship, we
		
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			want to do that and do that the
right way. That part's you know,
		
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			and I've had a failed,
		
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			filled monogamous marriage, if you
will.
		
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			So, it wasn't about whether or not
your permission it was about it.
		
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			If this is a right fit. If this is
something that works if there's
		
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			something that can't grow, if this
you know if the leadership is
		
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			there
		
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			fine to find that and to build on
that it's a grow with that what we
		
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			are right now. It's just
		
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			everything, always comments in a
way out Wait, Chapter 123
		
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			Chapter 11 is worth it
		
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			maybe it's been a chapter 910 11
have been worth it.
		
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			I have a question for you this
because you mentioned that you
		
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			grew up with a single mum. And
obviously you have had your own
		
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			single mum experience, which, you
know, we're familiar with that
		
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			dynamic in the West, it's kind of
like, okay, I'll just take care of
		
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			things, you know, this is what we
do, right? We're strong, we, you
		
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			know, we can deal with it. Was it
difficult for you to, to submit to
		
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			look, look, look at the face? I
		
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			mean, not to you
		
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			know, I use that what is it? It's
a trigger word you see around
		
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			here. So, I say the word submit,
but was it easy for you to accept
		
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			the leadership of, you know, Coach
Nazir, and kind of be a part of
		
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			this particular hole? Or what was
that journey? Like for you? The
		
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			word that's a beautiful word. We
have to stop looking at it as
		
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			something negative. I agree.
		
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			I agree. Yes.
		
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			Yes.
		
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			Talk to it. It's awesome. And I
think that is one of the lines
		
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			that you know, we were said that a
lot of young girls are bad because
		
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			you know, make sure your education
and right and this stuff whatever
		
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			I'm thinking, you have to go to
university you have to go to all
		
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			this other stuff, not thinking
that your education is all around
		
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			you, you can you can choose and
you can grow and you can learn
		
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			from everything around so getting
a lot of the natural stuff on the
		
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			backburner which is you know,
having a family or getting married
		
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			having a family and growing as a
units that you know, it messes
		
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			people up in that that framework
and that's what happened to me
		
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			like I had this thought in my mind
at 14 Seriously, I remember
		
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			telling my mom asking Can I just
have a kid you know, whatever it
		
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			took them out to the curb like
that was
		
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			a steep that's what I saw.
		
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			Yeah, I guess you could
		
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			it's a possibility. I mean, it's
an option right? And she's
		
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			thinking it's an option, okay. You
could do it go and
		
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			when you grow that you deal with
it, you deal with it in real life
		
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			is hard. You know, again, you want
these other things but when you
		
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			want to raise well rounded
children it's hard to do that on
		
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			your own by yourself. In my view
of kind of like the Kiyosaki Rich
		
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			Dad Poor Dad I say he has the more
information from
		
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			dad from these two different
		
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			so being able to
		
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			being able to
		
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			really think about it and be
truthful about it and honest about
		
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			it. Yeah, I can be stubborn, I can
have my ego I can do that and say
		
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			well, I can do this, I know how to
do this. But when you're by
		
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			yourself and reflecting on what
you want your life to look like
		
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			what you want your family to look
like, you know that is a whole lot
		
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			better when somebody else or other
people have your back and
		
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			why is that? Oh
		
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			no, oh, you did all of this
because you came from being single
		
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			and all this other stuff. I still
could have done it. So continue I
		
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			wasn't destitute. The thing is, is
that you got to realize what you
		
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			want in your life, and how you
want to, to have and what you want
		
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			your legacy to look like
		
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			children
		
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			our children have so they're so
far ahead and have so much
		
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			privilege and we are remind them
about the privilege that they pass
		
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			all the time because of the
dynamic that they have three level
		
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			parents and siblings and
everything like that, that went
		
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			through ups and downs to live with
through the trials and
		
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			tribulations. We have not
		
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			we have not hit we don't hide the
negative from them because you
		
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			know, like with the UPS coming
down, of course the sunshine comes
		
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			away with these different things
that we're careful with what how
		
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			we give them ever
		
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			nation because of that, they are
lightyears ahead of a lot of
		
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			people and a lot they're
lightyears ahead of us when my
		
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			brother said earlier about giving
them and providing them the
		
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			knowledge and the growth that we
didn't have to so it's just a
		
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			beautiful thing once you get out
of your own way and coming back
		
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			saying that well I can do this I
can do that and it kind of almost
		
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			a serve your purpose type of thing
because I've done I've it was in
		
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			that mentality to like okay, this
man who served his purpose you
		
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			know the specific purpose that I
want for you. Is that what you're
		
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			going to do when you deliver
		
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			I noticed that in a lot of our
comments too, when they should
		
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			diminish it like this and they
should have about this. It's like
		
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			you want control over everything
it's
		
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			so easy to set up.
		
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			But what are you willing to give
or give up their return
		
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			Oh, I love it. I love it mashallah
handling lectures, I can no hate
		
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			on guys.