--- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, "Take a wild, friggin guess"
<a_change_of_plans_at_...> wrote:
>
> --- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, "Edward Fox" <spambucket0@>
> wrote:
> >
> > Something just came to mind. At least some furries have things like
> a
> > heat cycle and early physical maturity to deal with. It's possible
> > that some species might favor harems by instinctive inclination and
> > some might find it better to have shorter marriages.
> >
> > So might not the culture that the girls are in have different
> options
> > regarding the duration of a marriage?
>
> With the Skunkworks (and Caterwaul, etcetera) reality, all the
> various species (a total of 22 sentient species, with a total of 75
> subspecies) enter "heat cycles"; different species are only able to
> reproduce during certain times of the year.
>
> They can engage in sexual activity whenever they want during the
> rest of the year, with whatever species they wish (including their
> own). But, it is only during their cycle that they run the risk of
> impregnation if they so choose to mate with another of the same
> species. Mating with a dissimilar species during such a cycle will
> not result in producing any offspring.
>
> As for marriage, it is ultimately up to the couple. Many couples
> live together without being legally married. The primary purpose of
> marriage (in their world, anyway) is mostly a financial one. In
> Val's case, if she had decided to stay married, the possibility of
> her husband depleting the family's funds was all too real, even if
> they split up. By getting a divorce, she severed any and all ties
> with him, therefore preventing him from leeching any of her
> belongings (property, vehicles, funds, savings, etcetera). A
> marriage, therefore, is a legal way to share the expense and burden
> of raising a family. The only difference here is that not all
> families are run by a two-parent household (both parents may be
> present, but one is dominant in raising the young).
>
> --JMH
>
> Hmmm....Interesting on the marriage part, I never had thought of
that and make more since...Financially.
> --DEMarq
Received on Mon Feb 04 2008 - 08:56:04 CST