• Catsrules@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Then the message is right, if he was single he wouldn’t have to worry about supporting a family.

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      1 year ago

      No, he’d be in the same state, as he can’t support himself anymore, and possibly worse because he does not have someone to help him and/or give comfort.

      She’d be in the same state because she would be married to someone else who had similar problems, or worse if she were a spinster. Back then, women didn’t have a lot of options to support themselves.