Originally Posted by sarum
Now THAT I did not know but it sure explains alot.
I have met women in my age category who have told me that their US American gringo husbands actually went to Mexico and BOUGHT them. These women are happy to be married to American men, happy to live in the US and understand that the purchase of a human life is illegal in the US but feel fortunate that they themselves were chosen for the purchase. They are loyal hardworking wives and they do have children with their husbands.
With this new knowledge I now understand that these purchased brides were already over-the-hill old maids in Mexico but still considered young brides in the US.