Conjugial Love (Rogers) n. 287

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287. (16) They are adopted for the sake of various benefits expected from the partner or from the partner's relatives, and thus because of a fear of losing them. This happens primarily in marriages in which the partners are of dissimilar station and condition, on which subject see no. 250 above. Such a circumstance exists, for example, when a man marries a wealthy wife, and she stashes away her money in moneybags or her valuables in securities; and still more if she boldly insists that it is the husband's duty to maintain the household out of his income and earnings. It is common knowledge that semblances and seeming displays of conjugial love are compelled as a result. Similar circumstances exist when a man marries a wife whose parents, relatives and friends are established in high positions, in profitable businesses or in commercial operations, who are able to exercise control over her more fortunate condition. It is common knowledge that simulations and seeming displays of conjugial love are adopted on these accounts as well. In cases like this in which various benefits are expected, it is obvious that these semblances and simulations are adopted because of a fear of losing them.


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