Victorian Era

During the Victorian era of time, courting was more of a career move than a romantic interlude. Therefore, both sides, male and female, took courting very seriously not to lead the other on unnecessarily. From the time the female was very young, a woman was well groomed for a role in life as a good wife and mother. She was also taught to play music, dance, and to be a conversant about light literature of …

…of a social and business arrangement. The wife was not likely to marry into an upper class, nor was a male to do so with a female. Once married, all possessions we reverted to the husband, and a female was not allowed to leave a will behind her for when she died. As years passed though, marriages seemed to become more tolerable and result in tight bonds for each other resulting in a deep love.