I wasn't looking for another marriage. I had been married before. He is a nice man - a geologist, an Ernest Hemingway type. But Paul and I married because of convention.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- She entered marriage not out of desire but due to societal expectations despite having been married before.
- In plain terms
- She married because it was expected, not because she wanted to.
- What can you take from it?
- Convention can drive major life choices more than personal desire.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- When have you followed convention over desire?
- How does society shape your choices?
Another view
It oversimplifies the complex reasons people marry.
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