I suspect you're being downvoted because this is a highly capitalist and unromantic way of viewing a marriage. But of course it's only an extension of the capit

I suspect you're being downvoted because this is a highly capitalist and unromantic way of viewing a marriage. But of course it's only an extension of the capitalist and unromantic logic behind alimony in the first place. At worst you have written a piercing satire in the spirit of "A Modest Proposal", and at best you may have the beginnings of an actual idea.