A 40-year-old housewife. Her first marriage took place at age 27 and ended in divorce after five years. Both her first and second marriages were "shotgun weddings," resulting in a unique family structure. From her previous husband, she has a 12-year-old daughter and an 11-year-old son. With her current husband, she has a 5-year-old son and a 3-year-old daughter. This makes two children from each marriage, each pair having a different father. Her first marriage began when she was working in the nightlife industry and got involved with a generous regular customer who later became her ex-husband. That relationship was built in a place that offered temporary escape from a stale everyday life—a transactional space bought with money.