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Introduction

As many of you know, traditional cultures like Eastern Europe have marriages that are much better off than they are in western culture. But that is only due to social pressure, not because those women and men are different. I have for you, a story about my uncle, a 40 year old who is now single and spins plates while getting shit for not being married at 40.

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My uncle, let's call him A, is in his 40s and seems pretty happy not being married. Now, he used to be married maybe 5 years or so ago but it didn't quite work out. Here's what happened: A's wife was the typical Eastern European woman: strong family, dad and mom still together and all that good stuff which goes to show that family influence and still having both parents in your life as a woman can only do so much. Women will be women.

A thinks he loves this woman so they get married. Marriage in certain Eastern European countries is not as much of a risk because the divorce rape laws don't really exist but that's beside the point. Anyway, they get married and a few months later they decide they want a kid, so the wife gets pregnant. Needless to say, A was very excited that he was going to have a son pretty soon. This is where shit goes south. A's wife went and had an abortion without telling him and a month later left him. She disappeared just like that.

The funniest thing about this is that 5 years on, he still gets shit from family members (only the female ones btw) about how he needs to get married and have kids. Not many people know that the abortion thing happened because he keeps it to himself. I only found out because we got onto the topic of marriage one day while I was visiting him (I live in the UK) and he decided to tell me. I'm guessing it's because he wants to let it go and not look like he wants sympathy. The thing is, my mom knew and has never mentioned it to me but will still give him shit for not wanting to get married. It's like they see a man that's happy without needing a woman and they hate it.

Whenever I hear my mom or aunts talking to him on skype or whatever, they always ask him about the marriage situation and apply pressure to get him to do it and he always brushes it off. I have never, not even once heard a male relative even bring it up to him.