starter marriage
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starter marriage (plural starter marriages)
- initial marriage for an individual, expected to be unsuccessful, who is then likely to have subsequent marriages.
- 2008, Cooper Lawrence, The Cult of Perfection: Making Peace with Your Inner Overachiever, skirt!, page 212:
- "A starter marriage is one where the couple marries young and gets divorced before the arrival of the first child — and usually before the arrival of the first wrinkle. Starter marriages are more common among overachievers.".
- 2008, Cooper Lawrence, The Cult of Perfection: Making Peace with Your Inner Overachiever, skirt!, page 212:
