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With the advent of the internet, I'm happy that I can verify that the stories my mother told me were indeed true. She talked incessantly, but I liked the content. One poster here suggests that women married low-value men generations ago because they had no choice. That reminded me about a circumstance in my own family. My grandmother married a disabled man at the turn of the last century (early 1900s). He was known at the time as a "painter". He walked on crutches, but was quite talented at designing store displays and store layouts. He made a good living and was financially capable of being a good provider.
My great-grandmother and others criticized her mercilessly for marrying "a cripple". What if your kids inherit his crippled-ness? He was considered a low-value mate.
Knowing that my grandmother had a knack for "reading the road ahead" and avoiding trouble, I wonder if she deliberately married a disabled man that was physically unable to beat her knowing of the prevalence of domestic violence back in that day (about 115 years ago).
My great-grandmother and others criticized her mercilessly for marrying "a cripple". What if your kids inherit his crippled-ness? He was considered a low-value mate.
Knowing that my grandmother had a knack for "reading the road ahead" and avoiding trouble, I wonder if she deliberately married a disabled man that was physically unable to beat her knowing of the prevalence of domestic violence back in that day (about 115 years ago).