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#1 2004-12-05 18:52:10
- John Creighton
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Re: Rocket Ordered Brides
If the initial colonization effort is slow and people are spread very thinly over mars the young colonist will not have a very big dating pool. They may play a part in selecting future colonists in expectations of dating or marriage.
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#2 2004-12-09 16:25:27
- C M Edwards
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Re: Rocket Ordered Brides
Traditionally, it's been the menfolk who rush out to the unknown desert frontier where they have no mates. They then start getting desperate, at which point the womenfolk follow after and take their pick. 
I don't know if the sight unseen, mail-order bride scenario would be particularly appealing in the absence of a groom able to pay a bride's way. A family looking for prospective in-laws would do better to look for a productive and/or secure spouse from Earth (male or female), and an available lady would do better to make her own way.
By the time this becomes an issue, I think that recruiters would do as well to devote time to entire families as well as singles. Families with children bring their own singles - you just have to wait longer for them.
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