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[damesuccubus]

Seems I can't escape all this talk of marriage. Death may have brought me away from my husband and his wretched father, but the last - what did you call it? Was it still a flood? The last flood dragged me right back into matrimony and misery. That woman was not me, but she was just as displeased with her husband as I was with mine. At least this

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[emptyyourself]

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[emptyyourself]

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[emptyyourself]

No one is being sold, exchanged, or otherwise bartered for.

Your concern is noted and misplaced.

Private

[damesuccubus]

Are you the one betrothed?

Don't worry, I'm not concerned.

[thegooddrjones]

It would be my own fault, but thankfully, we're going to be exceptionally happy.

[damesuccubus]

You say this now. You can't be so certain though.

[thegooddrjones]

I'm certain.

[damesuccubus]

No, no you're not. A man changes when he's married. Once you're bound to them, that's when they stop pretending.

[needshumility]

It's not just husbands that do the bullying in those kind of marriages.

It's generally better to marry for love than to be pushed into it. Unfortunately, it doesn't often work out like that.

[someone is very, very bitter but trying to hide it.]

[damesuccubus]

Marry! For love! [BRB, LOLing FOREVER]

That may be the case, but the husbands almost always have the power. They are favoured by law and God.

[needshumility]

It'd be better if people had the chance and weren't made to marry people they didn't really like.

It's usually those with the [highest colour perception. Perhaps not best terms] highest social standing. Do men always have that for you?

[damesuccubus]

Better, but unheard of!

All men have power over women. Some are more powerful than others, but it doesn't matter if a woman is of a higher rank. She's still just somebody's wife and servant.

[with_discipline]

It would be a mistake to assume that your experience is the only way for a marriage to unfold.

[damesuccubus]

It is not just my experience. I've never known anyone to be happy in a marriage.

Perhaps the Duke, but he was blessed with power and money. I wouldn't be surprised if his marriage was happy because he was always off fighting wars and left his wife alone.

[with_discipline]

I was married, once. My husband was neither a brute nor a bully. [She wasn't happy, either, but. You know.]

[damesuccubus]

What happened to him?

[shortsghtedlove]

That is no way for a husband to treat his wife. My father... [Pause.] He would be outraged. [Actually... Is this the woman whose father-in-law he had argued with? No surprise her husband would treat her poorly.]

[damesuccubus]

This is what happens when a girl cannot pick her husband, and her marriage is bought and sold. She is a commodity, and her husband and his family can do what he likes with her.

[shortsghtedlove]

Such behaviour wouldn't have been accepted even in a purely political marriage. Your spouse is supposed to become your partner, not your... toy.

[damesuccubus]

The wife is good for managing the house and bearing sons. I would hardly call that a partnership.