I was engaged to a Baptist girl when I was in my early 20's.
Because I would not tithe my wage (10% to the church); I was considered to be of "unequal yote" (per St. Paul the Epistle).
So: they bought her a new 1974 Chevy Nova SS 350 and paid for a trip to Europe.
This while I was away at the national wrestling championships.
A few years later: they lined her up with a guy from a companion church.
Married; 2 kids (the 2nd to keep revive the marriage and make them closer; LOL); divorced.
Leapfrog a few years(co-incidences do happen, my children):
My younger sister married into a family and ended up being a neighbour to the ex-fiancés' grandmother(about 300 miles away).
The grandmother often reminisced that "there was this young man nobody liked, but; he was a hard worker and polite".
The old lady never knew her neighbour was my sister. LOL
The dirt on the ex-fiancés' dad:
His youngest daughter was a child from an affair he had with a young girl only 8 years into her parents' marriage.
He wouldn't let his son be a part of the family business because he was "too fat and would die by time he was 35".
Her parents divorced about 5 years after they scuttled me.
So she took the car and the trip and gave the ring back.
The consolation:
She had a poor marriage, ended up divorced.
With no education past grade 12 and her parents business liquidated in the divorce; she lost her house and ended up in rentals.
I, on the other hand; have led a full life traveling the world and my wife and kids are extremely happy and well taken care of.
There is justice, my little ones: (Aesop)
Original Jerry
Wow! IMHO, this has got to be one of the most honest and insightful posts we've had! (That's NOT to criticize other posts, BTW!). I'm very sorry your relationship with the black lady was sabotaged by your parents. Way back in my teens, I had a simple dating relationship smashed by her parents who thought I wasn't good enough. But we pick ourselves up and keep going until we find someone right!
John S.
In a message dated 6/30/2010 3:13:26 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, djtruo@yahoo.com writes:
Thank you! I can write a whole book on all the "hurdles" I had gone through before meeting my wife.
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