Today I learned on Nostr: TIL: Wife selling was a practice in England for almost 2 centuries with last incident ...

TIL: Wife selling was a practice in England for almost 2 centuries with last incident being in 1913 where one was sold to a coworker for £1. It ended unhappy marriages as divorces were expensive. Eventually there were public auctions that the wife had to agree to. You can even buy back your wife.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wife_selling_(English_custom)
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