Part one of term paper
Most of the kids I grew up with in the Greek village of Karpatos were forced into arranged marriages, but I never thought it would happen to me. I didn't want to get married. I wanted to be a singer. When I was 14, my family moved to a Greek Orthodox community. Suddenly, even though I could still barely say " hello" in English, I was going ...

Part two of term paper
... waiter. My parents went there to arrange a marriage between us. My father told my mother that he didn't like the prospective bridegroom, but she didn't care. I met my husband six days before the ceremony; I remember every nightmare detail of my wedding and honeymoon. Only two states allow underage marriages, so my family, his family and some people from our village flew to South Carolina for the City Hall service. At the end, the lady who'd married us said, "You can kiss the bride." My husband ...