Senia's Story of a Samoan Wedding

While she was away in Taiwan, her mum remarried. Senia felt it was time for her to think about what her own future might look like outside of the family home. She settled into working and when she was paid always in cash, on a Friday she would go straight to the market and do the shopping for the family. Her boyfriend Mafala said she was the first person he had met that gave all her money to her family. He could tell she had a high moral code and he was impressed by her good intentions every single week. So with the approval of the wider family, she moved in with his family. It was an unusual move and it did cause a bit