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Originally Posted by Cyndalie
Heinlein readers understand the concept of "Contract Marriage" - Marriages or civil unions deemed for an amount of time and inclusive of a prenup that can be renewed or dissolved after the period is up. In this agreement is a section for children and how they will be cared for during and after, dealbreakers, and other agreements. This makes much more sense than how expensive 'divorces' can be.
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Why are all the ladies who read Heinlein already taken!?!?!?!
Niven carried the "contract" concept into his Known Space universe, and it worked well with his ideas about population control and emigration off-world