Yesterday, Oprah talked with women from around the world about love, life, divorce, etc.First, she talked with women from Egypt about dating and marriage. Many are very religious and conventional. Women are strongly forbidden to live with their boyfriends. Only after marriage are they permitted to cohabitate and even then there are strict expectations of a wife's role in the home.
She also discussed mail order marriages with a real mail order Ukrainian bride and her husband, Lera and Steve Loeb. They have been discussed on countless blogs since their story appeared in Glamour Magazine last summer. Lera gave some insight into the Russian bride industry, saying over 100,000 Russian and Ukrainian women are married this way each year!
Oprah also spoke with women from India about arranged marriages. One woman told her story about being married for 35yrs to her husband that she first met on their wedding day. She said looks are not important to them; they just want a man who is educated and can provide for them.
This was a very interesting look into how women all over the world experience love and marriage! Some say it's controversial, bizarre, taboo; but who cares how you find your soul mate, as long as you're happy :)
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