Dear Mariam,
Wow. As I continue to read A Thousand Splendid Sons and learn more about you and your life, I become more and more appalled! Your situation seems awful. First, you're forced to marry a complete stranger so your father can save face. Then, this man turns out to be a total control freak--he makes you wear a burqa, he doesn't allow you to talk to certain people, and he gets angry at YOU when you have miscarriages. It's not your fault! You shouldn't have to take the blame for something that you feel terrible enough about as it is.
He has no right to treat you the way he does. He talks down to you, if at all, and he complains about everything. You work so hard to keep the house to his liking and to cook meals that he'll find satisfactory, but he always finds something wrong with what you've made. It's just not fair! The real kicker was when he forced you to eat pebbles-that is just inhumane! Pebbles are obviously not meant to be chewed with human teeth, but he made you do just that! You lost two molars and all because he thought your rice wasn't soft enough?! If I was you, I would have left his sorry butt months ago!
But the sad thing is, you can't. You have nowhere else to go. The fact that living with this abusive man is your best option does not say a lot. I feel so sorry for you! I really hope you can stay optimistic even though it must be so tough to deal with your situation right now. Try to remember that you're so much stronger than him-he is weak.
In hopes that things improve soon,
A-Rod
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