What will the future look like when we do this to kids?

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LucyL

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Never heard of hillbillies doing arranged marriages, but supposedly shotgun weddings were a thing.
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Arranged marriage has been everywhere through history, because...survival. This "love" stuff, like the rest of modern, western culture, will probably recede with the opulence that afforded it.
 

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Arranged marriage has been everywhere through history, because...survival. This "love" stuff, like the rest of modern, western culture, will probably recede with the opulence that afforded it.

That's the first I've heard of such a thing, and I used to live in that very place. It may have happened in certain spots, but like I say, I've never heard of it, so it was probably rare. It doesn't say in that diary if the young fella being impressed into marriage had knocked up the young lady, or done something that violated norms. It almost seems as if the arranged part is being inferred by the author of the article.
 

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