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I don’t remember which book it was in, but I believe it was Anastasia’s grandfather who said it, that Anastasia did not “take” a man who was still capable of making a woman happy. Vladimir was already sick and may have died had it not been for Anastasia healing and helping him. He also was going to attempt suicide, twice.
I think you’re right Sarah when you said it might be more like adultery, in our standards, since it was extra marital.
Some key aspects to consider also: Vladimir never married Anastasia – it was only one sided, from what we know.
The marriage concept is very different, Anastasia said that how we do it is mostly just superstition and called it a false union.
It was Vladimir’s actions that we are seeing as problematic. He was already sleeping with many women, so adultery was already happening a lot. Anastasia didn’t force Vladimir to stay with his wife, nor did she reprimand him for it – she gave him the freedom to choose. So, she’s not condoning it. If anything, by her actions we can assume that Vladimir is “sleeping around” less since “ordinary sex would now be repulsive to him”. (I say “less”, because we saw what happened in book 5).Think about it this way, if you were in Anastasia’s shoes, and assuming you don’t support polyX in any form, what would you have done? Would you have forbidden Vladimir to return to his first wife?
In any case, this is all very different from a group of people to willingly and freely enter into such an arrangement. Certainly, I cannot see any link as to Anastasia promoting such a situation!
