Married or dead.

In my family, no one leaves the house unless they are married.....or dead.

I used to think it was just one of my mother's rules - strict, old-fashioned, but harmless. until i realized it wasn't something you question. It was something you obey.

I didn't plan to fight it. I planned to survive it.

So when a marriage proposal comes through my family, i say yes. Not because i want a husband, but because i want out.

It should have been simple.
Meet him. Agree. Move forward.

But nothing about it stays simple for long.