In a picturesque cemetery in Savannah GA, I saw this tombstone. The wife said that her husband’s death was a gain. “To die is gain,” her gain. Check it out:
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Unknown member
Oct 17
Honestly probably got bullied into a young marriage and had to sit through constant cheating and abuse.
Also, it's based how it says "my husband." Usually men's tomb stones just have their names, while women's tomb stones will say "Alice, wife of John Smith" or "wife of John Smith" or simply "his wife" (if it's a family plot.)
Fuck that. Enforce the matriarchy. A woman and her family.
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Oct 18
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I love when Western men complain about matriarchy as if the Mosuo people don't exist.
In a lot of cultures historically, kids got OUR last names.
Honestly probably got bullied into a young marriage and had to sit through constant cheating and abuse.
Also, it's based how it says "my husband." Usually men's tomb stones just have their names, while women's tomb stones will say "Alice, wife of John Smith" or "wife of John Smith" or simply "his wife" (if it's a family plot.)
Fuck that. Enforce the matriarchy. A woman and her family.
She had more freedom as a widow than a wife.