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[damesuccubus]

Seems I can't escape all this talk of marriage. Death may have brought me away from my husband and his wretched father, but the last - what did you call it? Was it still a flood? The last flood dragged me right back into matrimony and misery. That woman was not me, but she was just as displeased with her husband as I was with mine. At least this

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[with_discipline]

It would be a mistake to assume that your experience is the only way for a marriage to unfold.

[damesuccubus]

It is not just my experience. I've never known anyone to be happy in a marriage.

Perhaps the Duke, but he was blessed with power and money. I wouldn't be surprised if his marriage was happy because he was always off fighting wars and left his wife alone.

[with_discipline]

I was married, once. My husband was neither a brute nor a bully. [She wasn't happy, either, but. You know.]

[damesuccubus]

What happened to him?

[with_discipline]

We had our marriage annulled.

[damesuccubus]

Then the match was unacceptable, is that right?

[with_discipline]

Correct. But he was not a poor husband.

[damesuccubus]

No? So one day you just agreed not to be married anymore?

[with_discipline]

It was one I was obligated to enter. When the source of hat obligation was no longer viable, he released me from our marriage.

[damesuccubus]

That seems fortunate.

[with_discipline]

It may not have been ideal, but not all marriages are abusive.

[damesuccubus]

Oh, not all, but in my experience most men tend to stop being sweet and kind as soon as they become husbands.

[with_discipline]

That is an unfortunate experience.

[damesuccubus]

It is the truth of things.

[with_discipline]

The truth of one situation, perhaps.

[damesuccubus]

Truth of where I am from then. No one ever married for love.