Today, for the second time, I met the man I'm having an arranged marriage with in 3 months. I'd previously met him last night, while he was mugging me. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I was left at the altar. For the second time. By the same man. FML
Today, I met my girlfriend's husband for the first time. It went surprisingly well, despite neither of us knowing the other existed before tonight, but it's still a miserable situation no matter what. FML
Today, I met my husband's family for the first time. My nightmare versions were better. FML
Today, I met my husband's other wife. FML
Today, I met my wife's other husband. FML
Today, I met my online date at a café. As soon as I walked in, I walked straight up to the wrong person, and launched into a 2-minute ramble about how excited I was to finally meet him. He just blinked and said, “I’m married.” My actual date was sitting right behind me, albeit a similar but not as good looking man. FML
Today, there was a knock at my door, and I was greeted by a punch to the face. The man was the extremely angry "fiancé" of the girl I've been married to for just over a year. FML
Today, I finally met the guy I've been getting to know online in person for a date. When we saw each other, we both realized that we had heavily Facetuned our profile pictures. The awkward silence that followed was the longest five minutes of my life. FML
Today, my mother arranged for me to meet the man she is planning to marry. Turns out, my future stepfather is also my creepy old boss, who spent 4 months hitting on me before I quit a year ago. FML
Today, I found out the man I have a date with next week is married. FML
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Zoh_Aubrey 8
The arranged marriage is really the worst part of this FML.
Mandeeplease 6
This is one of those situations I really want to hear more about.
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Comments (283)
Morto_fml 1
Arranged marriage? Seriously!? I really hope you aren't planning to actually marry this guy?
iilovecokee 6
Ugh, the thought of marriage appalls me as it is. I could never allow myself that kind of unjustice.
hornyunicorny 2
Sounds like the plot of a bad movie.. You should turn him in to the cops, you have all his info now!
Salvolatile 0
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dasfro 2
Studies show that arranged marriages have the fewest divorces. I find that odd..
ideasrule 13
It isn't odd at all. They have fewer divorces because YOU CAN'T LEAVE. Either your family will disown you if you do (see many posts above), or the wife is economically dependent on the husband, or the culture frowns heavily upon divorce, or there are legal and social obstacles in countries with arranged marriages.
deadlydeadd 2
Da ****... Lies
AnthonyBorgir 0
at least you will get your stuff back
ideasrule 13
"She knew that if she ran away she could never speak to her family again- her dad would disown her- " Exactly, and you STILL stay "I cannot change or judge it"? Remember that seeming normal does not equate to being fair, or even unoppressive. To a North Korean, listening to propaganda every day and starving to death would "seem" normal; would you say that you can't judge the North Korean government?
withered 30
Completely agree with you. Same reason people divorced less, let's say, 40 years ago. They COULD legally but the reality was different. Religion had more power, and it frowns upon divorce so people stayed together miserable (because they literally felt trapped, had no choice) instead of getting a divorce and moving on. Just like kids out of wedlock were frowned upon once. Luckily progress in general is inevitable and religion keeps losing its power so it's only a matter of time that arranged marriages will be thing of the past.
dmac843 2
Prearranged marriages tend to be successful than marriages of choice.
withered 30
If by "more successful" you mean staying longer together while being miserable because you can't leave, then I guess it is.
heatherboo4 7
Sounds like movie plot to me.