Eh... a degree of agency has ever been part of my people's ways. Parents had a veto, or vetted, but the choice was ever between the two. We aren't Hindu. And shotgun weddings for those who decided to skip the vetting- not recommended but frequent enough.https://twitter.com/TruthIsADare/status/1421186007475568644 …
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Replying to @RupertVonRipp
Seems like it was more the other way around - the girl had a veto but not a choice rather than the parents having a veto but not a choice. Shotgun marriage is obviously an override.
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The formalities of it seemed to depend on time and class, but there was an element of agency and family participation both. I'd assume most kids met at the fair or another social gathering or were known to each other for a long while and the parents had already talked it out.
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If parents controlled their daughters' comings and goings (they did) then the potential suitors she would chance upon were picked by the parents.
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