If that is what getting engaged does to him, the pity is that we live in a monogamous society!
Generally, the Pumi are a patrilineal and monogamous society, although polygamy is accepted in places like Yongning in northern Ninglang.
Into the resolutely monogamous and Eagle Scout-like society of engineers and managers, Finnerty often brought women he'd picked up in Homestead a half-hour before.
In most societies, the death of one of the partners terminates the marriage, and in monogamous societies this allows the other partner to remarry, though sometimes after a waiting or mourning period.
In monogamous societies where women have little personal wealth dowry is instead common since there is a relative scarcity of wealthy men who can choose from many potential women when marrying.
Nearly everyone in our monogamous society learns early in life that lovers have exclusive rights.
Have any of you thought of any improvement on Lola's monogamous society?
Even in serially monogamous societies rich men generally marry more often than poor men and have more children.
The Etruscans were a monogamous society that emphasized pairing.