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Marleya's Choices
In the Pakistani High Society that Marleya is part of, matchmaking is a community activity. Men and women don't get to know each other by going on dates. So courtship unfolds in these public arenas of balls and weddings. If a Rishta auntie sees a woman at one of these weddings, she'll ask her like, how old are you? How much do you weigh? Is that your real skin color? The thing is, is that I was used to that coming from an Arab family.
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