Married Abroad!

There’s a fad in third world countries to marry off daughters and sisters to people living abroad. Many cultures find a match for their kids themselves, and it is thought that a marriage abroad is the best thing that can happen for a girl! Their goal is to give them a good life, a better future, and prosperity. Parents feel ready to trust people living thousands of miles away!

Don’t. PLEASE. Don’t. 

Even if you have known them before, even if they have their extended family living near you, and even if it seems perfectly alright. Even if they are family. DONT. 

Even if you have some other family and friends living there as well: Don't. 

Unless, you can afford to easily travel back and forth to the country you are marrying your daughter off to! 

Try to imagine this: your girl is in a mess, but you can't afford to reach her. You cannot contact the helplines because you're not a local there, and that man or that family has full control of your daughter. Immigrant brides often find it a problem to find a job abroad. There's degree evaluation, certifications and many other things. Your girl is new in that foreign land, she doesn't know about any resources. So technically she is as helpless as a kitten in a dark alley full of scary dogs. How do you feel about it? (Girls reading this: are you scared?)

If you want a good future for your girls, educate them, and yourselves. Marriage is not the road to prosperity.

MARRYING ABROAD DOES NOT GUARANTEE A HAPPY LIFE!

You don't know what HORID things they might be hiding from you…