"Hyerdahl"  wrote in message
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> Aggy wrote:
>
> > callettarc{at}hotmail.com wrote:
>
> > > Have there been any alternatives to the marriage contract
> > > popularized/practiced anywhere?  An alternative to allow
> > > a couple to raise a family and go their seperate ways
> > > when the kids turn 18; with absolutely no obligations to
> > > each other after 18 years.
>
> If a woman wants to stay home to raise children, why...do you suppose
> she would agree to such a relationship?  In most societies, it is
> recognized that those who do the unpaid work in the home, need some
> form of compensation.  Do you think it just that a woman stay home for
> 18 years to raise children, doing the cooking and cleaning, and then
> have no skills to use outside the home to earn a living, while the
> other partner has used her time to build HIS skills?  Hmmmm
>
>
> > > This is beyond 'prenups' where, it seems to me, you are
> > > getting married with exceptions.  I'm looking for something
> > > where a relationship or duties beyond the business of
> > > raising kids for 18 years would instead be the exception.
> >
> > My husband used to claim that the marriage license should be
> renewable every> 5 years. :)
>
> And what does he claim now?  :-)
>
I just asked him and he says it should be renewable every 24 hours. :) He
was only joking, bless him.. I hope. :)




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