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[melannen]

Poll #23823

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Which is best?

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Accidental marriage - "we didn't know it was legally valid!" subtype
34 (34.0%)

Accidental marriage - "one night in Vegas" subtype
17 (17.0%)

Arranged marriage
46 (46.0%)

Aliens make them get married
19 (19.0%)

Boston marriage
29 (29.0%)

Confirmed bachelorhood
19 (19.0%)

Confirmed spinsterhood
28 (28.0%)

Elopement
17 (17.0%)

Fake marriage
44 (44.0%)

Forgot they were married
22 (22.0%)

Group marriage
38 (38.0%)

Long, happy marriage
55 (55.0%)

Ludicrously long engagement
21 (21.0%)

Ludicrously short engagement
14 (14.0%)

Marriage of convenience
47 (47.0%)

Marriage of inconvenience
31 (31.0%)

Married in all but name
46 (46.0%)

Platonic marriage
37 (37.0%)

Secret marriage
26 (26.0%)

Shotgun marriage
4 (4.0%)

You left off the most important one!
3 (3.0%)

Comments

[lannamichaels]

Yep. And sibling relationships become even more of allying because instead of inheritance being a competition, inheritance can work for all of them if they all play it right.

But you know what? Maybe Barrayar's Barrayar. But it's Beta Colony that does line marriages, what with their economic tests to be able to have kids; marriages will accumulate resources as more people join, therefore, more ability to have kids. And then Cordelia shows up on Barrayar and wonders where the hell the rest of everyone's marriage is.

[melannen]

I mean, Beta is basically a Heinlein utopia anyway, so I'm sure they have them!

[peoriapeoriawhereart]

Athos.

You've got those monastic Confirmed Bachelors and you've got social credit "we want kids"- Lois was writing and publishing that early enough to "Well, here's what was happening Off Page."