Coronation Street - Current Episode Discussion - IV

[maidmarian]

Girls must not have had relationships before marriage. Same rule applies to boys but they get away with it as boys will be boys and they cannot come home pregnant. i was told two weeks before I got married that I was going to get married. My mother booked the hall first and ordered the invite cards before telling me. It was a shock and i became really ill. You could call it a forced marriage. Horrible times especially as they had educated me etc and i was born here. But the pressure was immense and in my early 20's i did'nt think i could fight it. The only option was to run away but i did'nt want to do that as I loved my family. My parents thought this was normal but my siblings did not. They were brought up here too. But i was the first one they did this to. Having said that I have been married 23 years ... The first 10 were not very nice times but we are in a good place now. I would not do this to my children at all so times are changing.

you must have a very strong character to have
come thru all this and yet retain your postitivity.
I think big changes can be made by individuals
making changes in own attitudes and its good
to know your children wont be treated the same
as you were.

There have been some unpalatable( by todays
standards) marriage customs in this country
until relatively recently!
It takes courage to go against long-held
traditions so its good that you did not
turn against your parents- tho it must have
been hard not too.