LucyL
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Never heard of hillbillies doing arranged marriages, but supposedly shotgun weddings were a thing.
Love and marriage in Appalachia
When preaching on the Raccoon Fork of Goose Creek, where there never was a church, my host, Uncle Zachariah Smith, told me of two remarkable Highland lassies whom he termed the ‘boss gals’ on the creek.
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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.