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niyad

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4. Thank you! I had seen several episodes a couple of years ago, and rather
Mon Apr 25, 2022, 10:00 AM
Apr 2022

figured that the storyline involved the older brother. This should get very interesting indeed. The "have to get married" thing has always struck me as absurd, frequently dooming everyone to misery.

An example in my own circle--- a woman who is friends with a friend of mine got pregnant when she was not quiite 18 (now 70). She was from a very traditional Greek family, the guy Cuban. Both families insisted on the marriage. It was not a happy one, big surprise. He died two years ago, and she has apparently suffered some kind of psychotic break. To say the family is dysfunctional is to put it mildly. Endless misery for aall.

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