the baby bonus
Dec. 6th, 2007 05:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rmIt is, despite the tone of the Times, hardly a new idea. Certainly it was a done thing in the world of my childhood, but like the non-romantic vision of the engagement ring, it was a form of insurance.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/06/fashion/06push.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/06/fashion/06push.html
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Date: 2007-12-06 10:40 pm (UTC)Yes honey, let me show my appreciation for being the receptacle for my seed by giving you a financial reward for continuing my family name. This would be much bigger if it was a boy. On second thought, I have to pay for the dowry, give those rocks back.
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Date: 2007-12-06 10:41 pm (UTC)