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What happens when you date or marry outside your social class?

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A glimpse at newspaper obituary pages reveal that the rich always marry each other. Tales, too, abound of rich parents who hook up their children and subject them to arranged or forced marriages. Seemingly, the reason homes to some rich individuals have electric fences, hawk-eyed watchmen and fierce dogs is not to deter thieves, but to keep love from spilling over to 'hustlers'.

It has been argued that for the sake of a happy relationship or marriage, individuals should pick partners in their social classes.

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