In explaining why this is O.K., the Fed said it believed "married women who do not work outside the home" will still have access to credit because they can apply for joint accounts with their husbands, or become authorized users on their husband's accounts.
The Fed, in a somewhat outdated view of who stays home with the children these days, had said it believed "married women who do not work outside the home" would still have access to credit because they could apply for joint accounts with their husbands, or become authorized users on their husband's accounts.
At 17, she was married for two weeks to a man from Colombia who, she now believes, married her to stay in the country.
In villages, she says, people believe marrying their daughters off before they hit puberty is the only way to be sure they go to their weddings as virgins -- which is essential to the family honor.
Individuals should have the right to express and name their love in any way they choose, but I don't believe married people have a greater connection than unmarried people just because they decide to express their love in a different and more traditional way.
For example, some cultures believe marrying girls before they reach puberty will bring blessings on families.
The other, more pessimistic part of me, believed him married for at least 30 years and so devastatingly out of love, he was too exhausted to do anything about it.
DEBORAH TREISMAN: Many of the writers on this list are, I believe, happily married.
