Mexico City, one of the largest and most liberal capitals in the world, has a law up its sleeve to nix the number of divorces in a city where almost half of all marriages end in divorce within the first couple of years.
If the law goes ahead, newlyweds would be bound for a minimum of two years, after which they could decide whether or not to stay together. The contract would also include provisions on the fate of property and children should the union dissolve.
Can you put a price on married sex? Apparently so, in France.
Under article 215 of the country's civil code, which states married couples must agree to a “shared communal life”, a 51-year-old man was fined for not having sexual relations with his wife.
According to the judge in Nice, Southern France, the code implies that “sexual relations must form part of a marriage”.
When the tough gets going, the tough go house hunting.
At least that's what happened after Brit pop singer, Take That singer, Mark Owen confessed to flings "with numerous women" to his wife of five years.
He isn't the only man to ever try to buy his way back into the marital bed through real estate. The promise of a $3.6 million house must have worked, because the couple were reportedly still together, shopping for the house of their dreams.
When we think of Asian values, we tend to think in stereotypical terms: tradition. While divorce is still uncommon, the face of marriage in East Asia is changing.
According to report in the Economist, people aren't just postponing marriage till later in richer countries like Japan, Taiwan, South Korea and Hong Kong, many are remaining unmarried, full stop.
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