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PoindexterOglethorpe

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4. Where did this happen?

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Sun Apr 9, 2017, 10:37 AM

Apr 2017

What exactly is meant by "registered to marry a woman"? I'm completely unfamiliar with any such thing in this country.

Do you have any idea if the first woman and her family received any money in settlement for the breach of promise?

It feels like a lot of information is missing. If they'd been a public couple during those four years, and everyone expected them to marry, then calling it off was not a nice thing to do. Although I always wonder about engagements that last more than a year. If you want to get married, then get married. Why the delay?

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In 1900, what did it mean if you were engaged for 3 years and your fiance jilted you? [View all] no_hypocrisy Apr 2017 OP

Part of the goal would be to vindicate the woman Maeve Apr 2017 #1

One reason for engagement rings Freddie Apr 2017 #2

didn't work out that way for me. unblock Apr 2017 #3

Where did this happen? PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2017 #4

Altoona, PA no_hypocrisy Apr 2017 #6

When I got married in 1980 in the state of Michigan, PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2017 #7

That's what I figured too. no_hypocrisy Apr 2017 #8

Here's some background TheOther95Percent Apr 2017 #5

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