Easternwindz
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- Feb 26, 2014
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Just recently a friend of mine passed away in a tragic accident. He was 28 years of age. He was among the best of men I ever knew, a true gentleman, and ran a successful business. He married the love of his life just a year ago, a stunningly gorgeous, smart and wonderful lady. We all went to college together and were good friends. His wife was our junior in college and would be around 26 years of age. Every guy that laid eyes on her wanted to win her heart but she had eyes only for my friend.
Now in our culture, if a married man dies at a younger age and happens to have a younger brother who happens to be unmarried, then the younger brother is obligated to marry his brother's widow. I know this sounds crazy in this modern age, but it's true.
And what angers and frustrates me is that my friend's younger brother is a good for nothing fellow, dropped out of college, still lives with his parents, does not have a job, shabby and arrogant in every way. And to think he is now enjoying my friend's beautiful wife every single night just drives me so mad, not to mention he also inherited all that his brother has worked for all these years. What did this guy ever do to deserve such a good fortune? And to rub salt into the wound, he talks about it as though he had no choice but to step up to his obligation of marrying his brother's wife, as our culture dictates. Yes, he has a choice to decline the obligation cause it's never forced, but why in the world would he ever decline such good fortune?
Now, every time I meet the wife my heart cries out "life's not fair!!!"
Care to share any such stories if you have any?
Now in our culture, if a married man dies at a younger age and happens to have a younger brother who happens to be unmarried, then the younger brother is obligated to marry his brother's widow. I know this sounds crazy in this modern age, but it's true.
And what angers and frustrates me is that my friend's younger brother is a good for nothing fellow, dropped out of college, still lives with his parents, does not have a job, shabby and arrogant in every way. And to think he is now enjoying my friend's beautiful wife every single night just drives me so mad, not to mention he also inherited all that his brother has worked for all these years. What did this guy ever do to deserve such a good fortune? And to rub salt into the wound, he talks about it as though he had no choice but to step up to his obligation of marrying his brother's wife, as our culture dictates. Yes, he has a choice to decline the obligation cause it's never forced, but why in the world would he ever decline such good fortune?
Now, every time I meet the wife my heart cries out "life's not fair!!!"
Care to share any such stories if you have any?