Wow, Frank... you sound like my mom. That's not a compliment, either.
When I told her I was getting married, she said my wife was a gold digger (I was broke) who was using me to get to the states (thanks for the vote of confidence, mom).
30 years we've been together. She never got an engagement ring until we'd been married for 15 years. The woman didn't marry me for anything other than blind love or sheer stupidity.
But to her credit... I turned out okay.
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