My world had arranged marriages too. Always has. But the whole idea was that you're supposed to... grow to love the other person, I guess? Or at least get along with 'em well enough. It seems weird to me to decide to marry a woman at all if you don't want one around.
[ Julie obviously comes from a culture that's predominately biased toward love matches, but it's not like she's never heard of arranged marriages and betrothals. But to her understanding, it's never been geared toward couples detesting each other. Even if it's all political or monetary, shouldn't a marriage be some form of partnership? Wouldn't a man want to like the mother of his children, at least to a point?
Then again, she knows plenty of poor people who have gotten married and probably shouldn't have. But they don't hate each other like she thinks would be necessary to treat someone the way Kyle describes. ]
Do your people not have like, IVF or surrogates yet?
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[ Julie obviously comes from a culture that's predominately biased toward love matches, but it's not like she's never heard of arranged marriages and betrothals. But to her understanding, it's never been geared toward couples detesting each other. Even if it's all political or monetary, shouldn't a marriage be some form of partnership? Wouldn't a man want to like the mother of his children, at least to a point?
Then again, she knows plenty of poor people who have gotten married and probably shouldn't have. But they don't hate each other like she thinks would be necessary to treat someone the way Kyle describes. ]
Do your people not have like, IVF or surrogates yet?