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who feels sorry for laura

posted 9 years ago by Nia_J
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as a woman who had to get married...who had to conform to societal expectations (Laura's family married her off to her brothers friend as soon as they came back from war as they couldn't keep her)...she was stuck in a life she never wanted

I doubt woman had rights over abortion or contraception then...and all Laura ever wanted was to read and be left alone. she never changed...as a woman who had to get married (myself)....I know how she feels and I admire her.
it must have taken strength to leave and she did it...she is brave and chose life. she left pain in her wake but maybe that's the price of living.

she did something I was scared to do. I am old now and I haven't had a life. least she did.

[–] TheKeel (104) 3 years ago

I still admire your sense of responsibility, especially if you had kids, and the fact that you lived the life you did. I don't admire leaving people you have committed yourself to, but I totally understand it and can empathize with it especially because even as recently as the 1950s women were living according to society's expectations of them and weren't yet considered 100% their own people. You deserve happiness and I wish it for you - it's never too late.