什么是starter marriage？
<p> 前些年流行“闪婚”，听说后来又流行“闪离”。大致意思就是两个人一高兴就结婚了，然后相处不高兴就离婚了。原来开始和结束一段婚姻可以如此简单！这一类婚姻大部分都可以归入<span word="starter">starter</span> <span word="marriage">marriage</span>的行列。</p><p> </p><p> <span word="A">A</span> <span word="starter">starter</span> <span word="marriage">marriage</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="marriage">marriage</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="lasts">lasts</span> <span word="five">five</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="less">less</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="ends">ends</span> <span word="without">without</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="couple">couple</span> <span word="having">having</span> <span word="any">any</span> <span word="children">children</span> <span word="together">together</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="term">term</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="play">play</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="expression">expression</span> "<span word="starter">starter</span> <span word="home">home</span>", <span word="appears">appears</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="footnotes">footnotes</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Douglas">Douglas</span> <span word="Coupland">Coupland</span>'<span word="s">s</span> 1991 <span word="novel">novel</span> <span word="Generation">Generation</span> <span word="X">X</span>. <span word="However">However</span>, <span word="published">published</span> <span word="usage">usage</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="term">term</span> <span word="grew">grew</span> <span word="significantly">significantly</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="publication">publication</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Pamela">Pamela</span> <span word="Paul">Paul</span>'<span word="s">s</span> 2002 <span word="book">book</span> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Starter">Starter</span> <span word="Marriage">Marriage</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Future">Future</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Matrimony">Matrimony</span>.</p><p> <span word="Starter">Starter</span> <span word="marriage">marriage</span>（“起步婚姻”或“新手婚姻”）指双方初婚、婚姻持续时间不到五年且没有子女的婚姻。这个表达由<span word="starter">starter</span> <span word="home">home</span>（首次置业）演变而来，初现于（加拿大小说家）道格拉斯•柯普兰1991年的小说《<span word="X">X</span>世代》的脚注中。不过，这个表达在出版物中大量使用则是在帕米拉•保罗2002年的著作《新手婚姻与婚姻生活的未来》出版之后。</p><p> <span word="She">She</span> <span word="claimed">claimed</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="young">young</span> <span word="couples">couples</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="married">married</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="reasons">reasons</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="strong">strong</span> <span word="enough">enough</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="support">support</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="long">long</span> <span word="relationship">relationship</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="increasing">increasing</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="end">end</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="marriages">marriages</span> <span word="quickly">quickly</span>. <span word="Paul">Paul</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="book">book</span> <span word="caused">caused</span> <span word="controversy">controversy</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="suggesting">suggesting</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="divorces">divorces</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="good">good</span> <span word="thing">thing</span>, <span word="if">if</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="couple">couple</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="children">children</span>.</p>
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