[a fool in paradise]

Everyone is free to marry anyone of the opposite sex they choose.

FALSE.

There are partners who are too young for you to marry (although others their age will become appropriate partners within a few years).

There are partners who are GREAT individuals you are not permitted to marry because you are related.

There are partners who are INCREDIBLE individuals you will not know on that level because they are ALREADY married.

So arbitrary, really.

[Tigerized]

“So arbitrary, really.”

Picky, picky, picky.

Statement of “anyone of opposite sex they choose” assumes legal to wed in every other respect.

Sheesh.