I LOVE teaching. I just do. We are reading a bunch of fairy tales by the brothers Grimm. Of course the topic of arranged marriages came up. I asked the kids why they think arranged marriages were so common. The response, “Because the fathers were controlling assholes.” Ha.

Property. If you let your daughter marry someone who does not have enough property to take care of her, or if you let your daughter marry someone who can not manage YOUR property for her… she will probably die.

Control is not always about being an asshole.