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Originally Posted by Anormalguy
+1. When I was younger I had offers, subtle & blatant, from female cousins. I don't know if it's genetics or societal mores, but I also passed. I admit that there was some physical attraction, but it would've been way too weird for me.
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Forget about family, even with neighbors I always skipped it. I blindly beleive anything sexual is only with your wife (from future). I find it silly now (missed lot of fun).
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Originally Posted by abaya
Hahaha, well no. I just meant, could you write a longer description of the way it works, and what your opinion is of it (do you agree, disagree, does it feel normal, abnormal, etc), and then I could read it out loud in class or something... because the students always benefit from hearing firsthand accounts of cultures that are so different from their own.
"Cross" cousins are those who are children of your mother's brother(s), or your father's sister(s)... your parents' opposite-gender siblings. There are other societies where the preference is reversed, where they marry the children of their mother's sister(s) or their father's brother(s)... those are called "parallel-cousin" marriage preference... and the "cross" cousins are seen as incestuous. Go figure.  |
Thanks for the explanation of cross-cousins and parallel-cousins. In our society parallel-cousin are brothers/sisters. I some how find cross-cousin marriage logical and interesting. I know a friend who wanted to be my sister. She had a elder sister, younger sister, and a younger brother. I was elder to her so she thought I can be an elder brother. (I was pretty much a rogue at that time). I agreed and we were really fine. I had no sisters so I thoroughly enjoyed her relationship. I told her by being brother and sister now our children CANT be brother/sister. And tomorrow if they have a relationship we ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO STAND AGAINST IT. She kept very silent!
So here you go, the permission for opposite gender to mate, is at every other generation! It is weird but that is the logic. Now the repetitive inbreeding is prevented, but the family blood line is kept close. So do the properties (assets). Well I will try to do an article on this with all I know and can find and send it to you...
Personally, I did not want to marry any one from my community. When I was in high school I thought I will marry some one from an other country, religion or state. I thought that will be interesting and exploratory. I liked European girls, Russians, and Whites. To be total frank some one tall, fair, strong, independent. I had liking (not preference) on particular type of nose, hair, and even private parts). But I never was sure whether they will like me.
But at 25, I met my girl, got committed. She was from neighboring state, speaks different language, different community, different customs etc. But not really that different.