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Courtship: The Epilogue
A Non-Exhaustive Critique of Courtship
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Courtship, Part 17: The End
The plan we’d settled on the week prior–having me stay with his parents until our previously scheduled wedding–felt like it had been made in a different…
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Courtship, Part 16: General Assembly
The drive to the campground where Presbytery was being held was over an hour long. We stopped at Chick-fil-a shortly after leaving the Creation Museum…
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Courtship, Part 15: It’s a Family Vacation?
When I woke up the next morning, the house was eerily silent. There were some glaring changes: the landline phones in our home were gone, disconnected…
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Courtship, Part 14: Trapped
Saturday, May 24th, 2014
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Courtship, Part 13: The Ultimatum
Friday, May 23rd, 2014
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Courtship, Part 12: Getting the Ring & Premarital Counseling
In the days that followed us getting engaged, my family’s attitude started to relax. They seemed to be expecting me to realize how silly it would be to…
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Courtship, Part 11: Engaged
Dylan showed up very early that next Saturday morning, having made most of the 12-hour drive from Kansas the day prior.
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Courtship, Part 10: Getting Dad’s Blessing
“We are not asking for your permission – only your blessing” - Hodel, Fiddler on the Roof
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Courtship, Part 9: Content Warning
Content warning: domestic abuse / corporal punishment.
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Courtship, Part 8: Courtship
Hey look, it’s the name of the series!
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Courtship, Part 7: Resolutions
Despite all of the frustration and pain and hurt I was feeling, I did feel that on some level, I deserved it all–that this was a natural and just…
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