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> (Which is not true. Sperm quality degrades with age.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War_widows_who_survived_into_the_21st_century https://en.w
by avmich 4y ago
> (Which is not true. Sperm quality degrades with age.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War_widows_who_survived_into_the_21st_century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War_widows_who_...
On December 10, 1927, the then-21-year-old Stewart married the 81-year-old Martin, primarily to get help raising her son and because his $50 per month Confederate pension check guaranteed her a degree of financial security. She gave birth to a second son, Willie Martin, 10 months after her wedding to William Jasper Martin, who was 82 at the time of the child's birth.
The child trap can work both ways - a woman wanting a child but not a spouse may attempt to divorce and leave with the child, which could be a turn-off for men who actually want children but want the woman to value them - not only as fathers.