Also, if you see her response to that part, she says, getting married to an uneducated cousin from back home and wishing for a better life… now I don’t know how true it is, b/c I certainly thought that way when I was much younger and it couldn’t’ve been further from the truth. Also the “uneducated cousin from back home” is such a tired cliche…it MAY sound bad but it really goes much deeper than that; the fact that many women have married men/relatives from back home and are living happy lives shows that it isn’t the worst thing in the world.
BUT i can understand the fear behind getting married. When your view of the world is limited to your parents and close relatives who seem to be very close minded and impose ridiculous rules, it makes you think married life may be full of the same thing–and I won’t lie, sometimes married life can be a nightmare when the spouse and inlaws are abusive (though there is always that fear no matter what the situation).
