by Cora » Fri Apr 25, 2014 5:00 pm
Why did I get married?
Well, the first thing I will tell you, is that anyone who says arranged marriages don't happen in america, have never been part of the elite few known as the rich. My father (now in conversations I will refer to my father and my dad, these are two separate people. My father is my birth father. My dad is the man that took me away from all that and protected me from my father and my first ex husband).
My father is a rich man. I grew up with a lot of money. I had everything I ever wanted and I thought I was happy. So when my father chose for me a husband, fresh out of medical school. I of course pushed back and tried to fight it. But father chose to tell me it was do as he said or he was kicking me out of the house and also cutting me completely out of his will. I didn't know what to do, so I married the man.
Eric, was older then me by 14 years. He was 30 when I married him. And those 4 years of marriage were hell. I held onto the marriage for 4 years, and dealt with anything that was thrown at me. It was only after the last time that man hit me (among other things), I crawled from the house with 4 broken ribs, a broken arm, and a fractured skull. I called my father....and it was then that I decided I didn't give a fuck about his money anymore.
I moved back to New York, not because of my father, but because of my siblings and mother.
((that was probably more then you cared to know. I'll stop, my second marriage was actually much nicer, the end probably not so much, but I actually loved (a part of me still loves) my second husband and that makes a difference))
It's just general curiosity!
