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Huda Al-Marashi
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First Comes Marriage: My Not-So-Typical American Love Story
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2018
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The Myth of a Shared Life
I had the moment my future husband would see me in my wedding dress all planned out. Although it wasn’t necessarily a Middle Eastern tradition, he’d be waiting for me at the end of an aisle. I’d walk in with my father, and upon seeing me in all my bridal glory, he had had one of the following options: a) cry with manly restraint b) open his mouth wide with surprise before breaking into a smile of
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“I'm asking you if you'll spend the rest of your life with me.”
I stared down at my still-warm hand. Hadi's touch had been more remarkable than the question I'd spent night after night imagining. Those words did not slow time or cause music to erupt from the walls. They did not make fireworks burst from the sky or conjure up a crowd hooting congratulatory cheer.
I didn't want to accept that such life-changing words could feel so ordinary, that this moment I'd been waiting for my entire life could already be over with such little ceremony.
“Yes,” I said and then added, “But this doesn't count, okay? You still have to ask me for real.”
― First Comes Marriage: My Not-So-Typical American Love Story
I stared down at my still-warm hand. Hadi's touch had been more remarkable than the question I'd spent night after night imagining. Those words did not slow time or cause music to erupt from the walls. They did not make fireworks burst from the sky or conjure up a crowd hooting congratulatory cheer.
I didn't want to accept that such life-changing words could feel so ordinary, that this moment I'd been waiting for my entire life could already be over with such little ceremony.
“Yes,” I said and then added, “But this doesn't count, okay? You still have to ask me for real.”
― First Comes Marriage: My Not-So-Typical American Love Story
“Maybe Mama was right, and you could learn to love someone. Maybe knowing a guy loved you was enough to flip the switch in your heart that made you love him back.”
― First Comes Marriage: My Not-So-Typical American Love Story
― First Comes Marriage: My Not-So-Typical American Love Story
“When Mrs. Ridha leaned in to kiss me goodbye, one of Hadi's aunts joked, “Somebody's jealous.” Then as I kissed each of his aunts goodbye, they teased, “We'll hug her longer for you,” “Hadi wishes he was me right now,” “Let your eyes take their fill of her now. Soon she'll be gone, and you'll be crying.” This banter struck the adults around us as terribly funny. Making light of unmarried couples’ sexual frustrations was practically a pastime in itself. (Not too long ago, Mrs. Ridha was sitting next to Mama on a bumpy car ride. Leaning into Mama, she'd joked, “If we were an engaged couple, this would make us so happy.”)”
― First Comes Marriage: My Not-So-Typical American Love Story
― First Comes Marriage: My Not-So-Typical American Love Story
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