The Diaries of Two American Aristocrat Regency Duchesses on Star Base 12

What is Wrong With These Aristocrat Young Men ?

I keep asking myself what is wrong with these Young Aristocrat men on Star Base 12. I don't see any wrong with their class of young women.

They seem well built, beautiful, and capable of having their children or are they?" I wonder why The Howards want to marry outside the aristocracy as two of Lord Andrew Charles' older brothers have had no children, and one was married one year before I was and one was married two years after Karissa was born in 2255.

Are all the Howard men infertile or just shooting blanks, all but Lord Andrew Charles Howard who is the youngest son of the former Duke of Norfolk Territory who gave his father his first born male line grandchild, Lady Elizabeth Victoria Ann Beltane Howard who is destined to become the First Duchess of Norfolk Territory.

I remember the day she was born six months ago and I remember the expression on Lord Charles Andrew Howard JR when he held Lady Elizabeth Victoria Ann Beltane in his arms.

I never saw a man so happy to receive his first grandchildren and only after 33 years of waiting, but Karissa did it with grace and she got rewarded and Lord Charles Andrew Howard JR created her Marchioness of Pembroke Territory and one month later she became Duchess of Norfolk Territory.

I remember the women of Norfolk Territory, all the mothers, sisters, and daughters dancing around Norfolk Manor when

Karissa presented Lady Elizabeth. They started to dance around and clap their hands.

Standing in the background, Lord Andrew Charles Howard watched

 Lady Karissa walk out with Lady Elizabeth Victoria Ann Beltane Howard to her future people.

I am not sure I want to marry into this crowd of aristocratic men. No matter how good looking they are.

I remember the women of Star Base 12 marching around dancing and singing that finally in time they would have a Duchess to govern over them.

I still wouldn't give up until September of 2275, and finally I agreed to marry Lord Richard Edward Howard The Second, and I hope he is not like his first cousin, Dead in bed, Lord Andrew Charles Howard.