We stopped at Lila's cafe for lunch and I remembered to take a photo of my smoked kingfish before tucking in!
We got chatting to some young people and here is their situation.
He is Hindu and on a limited income. She is Christian, well educated and comfortably off. They love each other. Both fathers are deceased. Seven years ago they secretly married in a registry office.
She is headstrong and apparently independent. He is more reserved and traditional. Their families forced them to separate and cancelled the marriage. They are forbidden to see each other by emotional blackmail. Her mother has a heart problem and if she causes stress and her mother dies then it will be her fault.
To suit his mother she would have to become Hindu and be a traditional wife. His family is arranging a suitable marriage for him. Her family is doing the same for her. She met her new suitor a few times then cancelled the wedding because she still loves her Hindu boyfriend. They still meet secretly. She is threatening to go abroad if he gets married to another.
What a dilemma. Any suggestions Jenny in Oz?
I am really amazed that the tyre didn't burst with those pair sitting on it!!! What country were they from....not Australia I hope! Well if the girls mother dies it surely won't be her fault so I wouldn't feel guilty. But there is no answer to this problem as they knew the outcome before they married and it is either drop their families and have each other or not get involved to start with. There is a case here at the moment where a 12yr old girl was married off to a 26 yr old. Big out cry and the parents,husband and minister that performed the ceremony were jailed.
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