Imperial Valley Press

Husband's
Jealousy
Ruins Life
Was Clever Enough
to Hide It Until
After Wedding

By VIRGINIA LEE

ON THE SUBJECT of jealous
husbands and boy friends, INTER-
ESTED has this to say:
"I married a man who was just
clever enough to conceal his true
nature until after we were married.
Then immediately the green-eyed
monster reared its head.
"For 25 years my life was a living
Hades. I had to stop going
anywhere. In 25 years all the
recreation I had could have been
crowded into one year. He was
dominating and domineering to
the children and myself, always
taking more than his share of
everything.
Was constantly caressing
me and telling me how much he
loved me.
"He was socially impossible,
never showing other women the
small courtesies which mean so
much. He loved no one but himself.
We have never had a home, and
never can have one where he
is-just a house."
Well, what can a poor girl (or
boy) do when such selfish and jeal-
ous people are just "clever enough
to conceal" their dreadful faults
until after they are wed? We will
still have to take a chance when
we marry, I guess.
But you can bank on this: That
a jealous person - inordinately
jealous, that is-is selfish. He
thinks more of himself or herself
than he does of the one of whom
he is so jealous. It is a form of
egotism, and one who is troubled
with it-as many very good people
are-should make a very earnest
effort to realize that fact and over-
come it. How? By assuring him-
self that he is being unreasonable
and that he has no just cause for
his feelings; and by striving for
balance and confidence in himself
so that he fears nothing.
BLONDIE: As a general thing
I do not believe it is wise for two
young people of different religions
to wed because religion means so
much to people that they cannot
be tolerant about it. I do not
know what the marriage customs
concerning rings are in the faith
you ask about. Those of different
ationalities may wed, if there is
no national intolerance. In fact,
I think such a marriage might help
both to take a more international
view of the world, and so be help-
ful. But that, of course, depends
upon the individuals.
Narrow
minded people would not be likely
to profit from such a union.
The groom does not pay any ex-
penses of the wedding except the
flowers for the bride and his own
mother, the fee to the minister, and
also for the license, of course, and
the ring. Also a present for the
bride, usually, and for the best
man. After the wedding he pays
the expenses of the honeymoon, of
course.