12-25-2017, 10:47 AM
/trying to find out how widows courted and shit in the Victorian era
Did you know? Some guide books for husband-seeking young ladies depicted widows as the bane of every debutantes existence because they had "the security of a social matron without the drawback of a husband", giving them the most freedom almost any woman of the time could ask for.
Did you know? Guide books often complained about wealthy widows marrying previously-unmarried men by calling them "predators", and explained that everything would be alright if widowers and widows stuck to marrying only each other!
Did you know? Some guide books for husband-seeking young ladies depicted widows as the bane of every debutantes existence because they had "the security of a social matron without the drawback of a husband", giving them the most freedom almost any woman of the time could ask for.
Did you know? Guide books often complained about wealthy widows marrying previously-unmarried men by calling them "predators", and explained that everything would be alright if widowers and widows stuck to marrying only each other!
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