How many couples who have been together for years make it all the way to marriage, only to break up? How many people defy their parents or get pregnant before marriage so they can be with their partner, only to end up divorced anyway? Of course I know that the vows they made were sincere at the time. But when they broke those vows, they genuinely felt they couldn't keep them. That's why vows can't measure devotion or determine right from wrong. They can only prove that, when they were spoken, both people were sincere.
Lan An: "I'm pregnant!"
Chen Shulin: "Really? Then let's get married, sweetheart!"
Lan An: "Mm-hmm."
Chen Shulin's family was very poor, and he sent his wages home every month. When he discussed getting married with his family, his parents said they were out of money...
