Editing 40d:Marriage

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[[Dwarves]] will get married occasionally. It is unknown if Dwarves will involve in same-sex relationships, but it does not appear so. Dwarves must be "lovers" before becoming married, the current mechanism is unknown. Dwarves may celebrate marriages with a [[party]] if you have provided a [[room]] for them to do so in. They may also choose to forego any formal celebration. After marriage they will share start to sleep in the same [[bed]], share the same account (if the [[dwarven economy]] is in effect), and pop out [[children|babies]] like rabbits.  Spouses share [[bedroom]]s,  [[dining room]]s, [[statue garden]]s, and [[zoo]]s, which means that whenever a room of that type is assigned to a dwarf, it is also assigned to that dwarf's spouse (except in the case of pre-married immigrant [[noble]]s). However, spouses do not share [[office]]s or [[tomb]]s.

In the Relationships screen ({{k|v}},{{k|p}},{{k|z}},{{k|r}}), '''Husband''' or '''Wife''' tops the list, coming above their deity.

Dwarven marriage is not voided by death, which means that the spouse of a dwarf will continue to show up in the relations screen and that rooms owned by a married couple will still be listed as owned by both partners. This also means dwarves do not remarry or initiate new romantic relationships after being widowed.

New migrants to the [[fortress]] can already be married when they arrive. It has also been observed that dwarves (tend to?) only marry other dwarves who arrived at the fortress in the same [[immigration]] wave as themselves. Whether this is an absolute, and if so whether this is hard-coded, or a quirk, or a bug, is unclear.

Also,if a husband or wife dies by drowning,your fortress will be cursed with complaints from the other spouse about not being able to  retrieve his/her spouse's clothes.

Siblings will not marry. However, if your fort has grandchildren of an immigrant, they can marry their aunt/uncle. More research is needed to discover precisely the limits of consanguinal relationships.

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See also:
:* [[Relationship]]s

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