“Plus, I had already come to terms with being the Jewish mother of a half Catholic kid
**going to an Episcopalian school in a small town in Florida. **It’s easier to explain if you
can just say that your husband is Catholic. But now, I was also a divorcee. Try explaining
all of that to some of the other mothers. Or not.”
I think that explains a lot.. I think in a “regular” school rather than a more religious or socially conservative one there probably wouldn’t have been much issue.. I know here in the UK it’s so common people don’t really bat an eyelid.. Literally every other white person I know has parents who are divorced and it was like that 10/15 years ago when I went to school as well.. If the UK divorce rate is 40% or whatever around that it doesn’t make much sense for there to be a lot of stigma around it..
This reminds me of a desi friend whose mum and dad no longer live together.. Dad lives with one son in an apartment whilst the other son lives with his mum in their family home.. When the mother has guests they pretend they’re all still together and one big happy family even though the parents hate each other’s guts
Here we go again. Islam perfect. Hindu culture/ religion not so much. Throw that kitchen sink.
Completely agree with the indian guy. It's the hindu culture that is still being followed in Pakistan, i think it will still take another 2,3 decades to get over this rubbish.
doing a second marriage when your first marriage ended because of the death of the spouse, is not considered a stigma. infact, i have seen people encouraging it.
but when you are going for second marriage when your first one ended due to divorce, is viewed as a stigma and something as bad as a plaque. not only for divorced girls but also for divorced guys. parents of unmarried girls do not even want to meet any divorced guy for their daughter's proposals. people are perhaps fearful that if someone's first marriage fails, then something must be wrong with them and they are not deemed desirable anymore.
