I can imagine what would drive someone to enter one of those relationships (from either side), but I can't imagine that you'd feel good about it (on either side).
It's bad enough dealing with Westerners who seem to be in it for the money.
As for our current cultural expectations, I think the idea is supposed to be that you play musical chairs until you hit your mid-to-late thirties, at which point you give up and marry whoever you happen to be with at the time, silently regretting the one that got away.
Better? I dunno. It does result in fewer children.
People would probably be happier if they married at 18 after their high school prom, and before anyone's fortunes were known.
It's a 'my ex wife is a small, cold blooded but ultimately harmless joke'; 'Other small, harmless, cold-blooded animals' is incredibly vague given the specificity of the other requirements and covers many things.
I obviously dont get young people these days, at the ripe old age of mid 20's I dont really think of myself as old, I am happy to be put in my place by the next generation any day of the week.
Do 'young' people really even think about getting married? If people are to live an extra 10+ years, start professions 2-3 years later, work many jobs more, buy houses 5+ years later, maybe getting married a few years later isnt all that odd?
tbh I did not even think of the mail order bride angle - that would have been much stronger. Do celebrities still do the mail order children thing? Where they pluck some infant out of a refugee camp or warzone and adopt them into the glitz and glamour of hollywood?
I can imagine what would drive someone to enter one of those relationships (from either side), but I can't imagine that you'd feel good about it (on either side).
It's bad enough dealing with Westerners who seem to be in it for the money.
As for our current cultural expectations, I think the idea is supposed to be that you play musical chairs until you hit your mid-to-late thirties, at which point you give up and marry whoever you happen to be with at the time, silently regretting the one that got away.
Better? I dunno. It does result in fewer children.
People would probably be happier if they married at 18 after their high school prom, and before anyone's fortunes were known.