I Married a Photograph. Then I Met My Husband For the First Time
Summary
A Japanese-American woman married a man she had never met in person through a group wedding ceremony organized by the Unification Church. She held his photograph during the ceremony and met him for the first time a week later in South Korea, where they faced language barriers and personal differences.Key Facts
- The woman was 20 years old when she married.
- She participated in a mass wedding event led by Reverend Sun Myung Moon.
- The ceremony involved over 3,000 couples.
- Brides often married men they had not previously met or seen.
- Her parents paid several thousand dollars to arrange the marriage.
- She learned about her husband only three days before the wedding.
- She met her husband for the first time in South Korea after the wedding.
- They communicated with broken English, broken Korean, and hand gestures.
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