"Oh, you could. But at least in my time, it's seen as socially advantageous for one to get married." Usually for the women, poor things. After all, Strange is from the 1810s. The carnival's broadened his horizons but at least back in his world, an unmarried woman of a certain age was to be pitied, thought of as a spinster, and written off as not marriage material.

"Likewise, it wasn't seen as proper if an unmarried man and unmarried woman lived in the same space. They could certainly shows or travel together, but the unmarried woman usually required a chaperone. If you truly love someone, it's simply smart to get married so you can do all sorts of things without public judgement."

And if you didn't love someone, that never stopped a marriage. Oh, Strange knows that he can go on talking about marrying for money, legalities of coming into land via marriage, marrying to boost one's social status, the arranged marriages of royalty, and so on and so forth. But honestly, they'll be here all day if he was to do that.

"Of course, there are...other benefits to marriage that have nothing to do with status. After all, marriage involves the couple sharing a bedroom."

And Strange just smiles a big shit-eating grin, assuming that 9S will pick up on his implication. Because it's sex. He's talking about sex.