Mail order brides? Would you do it?

I have been watching movies and reading a few books, of the old days.... WAY back when.. and it seems folks never really took the time to get to know each other, but somehow marriages seemed to work better. If the opportunity arose, and someone just ask you to marry would you, to get this pain and suffering over of looking and being alone?
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Marriages "worked" for mail order brides as they were in a strange country.
Also because the women had not place to go to as most did not work outside the home.
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Hello Windin.

head banger I wonder if there is; Mail Order Broom's?
Believe me. Nothing has changed. Marriage and relationships have always been the same. Movies are not real life and a book is the story of ONE relationship.

Some people don't need a long courtship, some don't need any and some need a long courtship. A marriage will last if you are equally yoked.

Just like 2 oxen pulling a plow yoked side by side. If you had a different animal yoked along side one ox then they would pull differently. A marriage needs equal pull when you "plow"!!
Hi Windy!

I've heard so many stories of mail order bride back home in Philippines, they said they started as pen pals then get married the first time they met and everything went well...the men were usually from other countries, probably looking for companions and someone to take care of them in my opinion.

I could be an adventurer and a little crazy sometimes but I don't think I'll do that ...doh
If she agreed to take care of me, I would do it. laugh
May I never be that desperate. There are very few men I can get along with so picking one out of a bundle is not going to work for me or the poor man who picked me.
Married my first after 6 years courtship. Found out I did not really know him after all.

Married number two after 8 month, would have married him after three days had he asked. We were together for 21 years and 20 days when he died in 2006

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I don't think a mail order bride is any different than an internet bride or groom from a dating site.Same principle I would think. Back in the day they had no internet dating services, so ads were placed in newspapers or in mail order bride magazines and books seeking for brides...

There is nothing new under the sun... internet dating sites have replaced many newspaper ads and mail order bride magazines and books.

Good topic, Windhead banger
I don't think mail order brides/grooms are substantially different from the internet, except for the fact that people back in the day were serious and online dating is a game for most people. Being single isn't painful or suffering, trust me. In the grand scheme of things, not having a lover is not important. :-)
Thanks again everyone.. good points taken by many.. However.. as far as being a lone and having no one.. I think most of the folks here would argue that point. While I felt the same way you did at your age.. as you age.. and the children are all gone, and the nest is empty.. It gets very lonely. Living way out in the middle of no where you find yourself talking to yourself. Limited income keeps you home bound often. You can only argue and play with the dog for so long. The demand of chickens and cats wanting fed can only lighten the morning moments for a short time. I think 14 years is long enough to be alone. It is time to have someone else to yell at, laugh with, dream with. Even if the dreams are not the same, (God knows I don't need a clone of me) We mostly want someone to explore new beginnings. However we all get set in our ways and need someone else to help pull us out.. I think the getting to know someone is a must! Most of us having previous relationships that clearly did not turn out well.. we have moved forward and while we learn from out past, we sometimes are too critical of those we view as a potential future. Do we really give them opportunity? Or do we just ignore them and say.. HE>>> NO and just not answer them anymore as they flew up a red flag without their knowledge. It's a fifty fifty to me. A mail order Husband would not be too bad.. Would I do it? Probably not. Either way I am a smart girl and know the directions to the Court House... Been there before! :)
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