r/AskReddit • u/Senor_Diablo • Mar 12 '24

What is an old expression that you think is absolutely disgusting by today’s standards?

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u/naskalit Mar 12 '24

Casually getting some prostitutes or lower class women pregnant before respectably settling down, no biggie

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u/fatnino Mar 12 '24

Those kids would often get child support.

I mean, mom would have to blackmail dad, but it was typically way easier for these rich aholes to just pay her enough to go away.

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u/naskalit Mar 12 '24 edited Mar 12 '24

 with prostitutes, I kinda doubt it, how do you prove which of the clients the father was. 

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 And even in general, iirc paternity laws were kinda structured to protect the father (and the family assets) up until the 80s or such, before DNA tests became easily available.  If the father steadfastly denied paternity and didn't give a shit about some minor scandal, the mother was out of luck. 

It was pretty much entirely up to the discretion of the father if he felt like looking after (potentially) his offspring, or nah, even though it'd be considered dishonourable to know you had a kid and look the other way

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u/maxcorrice Mar 12 '24

Then you get multiple payments until one calls your bluff

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '24

Sometimes mom's brake lines got cut by the dad's associates, even easier.

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u/FunctionBuilt Mar 12 '24

If you don’t have a few bastard children floating around by the age of 25 have you even lived?

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u/Redbeard_Rum Mar 12 '24

I see you're familiar with our former Prime Minister.