Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6154515-20141105145723/@comment-34326521-20141110235510

Blue Luna wrote: Wait, I thought we were past the stage where seeing couples with a family outside of marriage is "wrong"? There's nothing wrong with having a family before getting married or never getting married at all. Those sort of things vary largly from culture to culture.

Since Verdona is an Anodite, a very free spirited sort of alien, something as binding as marriage might not appeal to most members of the species. She was the one who left Max as soon as the kids were grown and having been stationary for so long to take care of a family was probably murder for her. Even Sunny wasn't beyond flirting with Kevin despite already having a boyfriend.

There's nothing confirmed, but I wouldn't be surprised if Anodites don't have marriage rituals. Or at least, don't have very strict rules or social expectations involving marriage. Too true. She's an alien; literally comes from another planet and isn't even the same species as Max, but the issue is that they didn't perform an Earth-centric ritual before getting married? I don't get it. It's showing that different cultures exist, and that what one culture considers good or bad doesn't necessarily hold true for others.

I'm glad Derrick confirmed it anyway. I guess that explains why (lately) there haven't been any complaints about that bit of information not being in any articles.