The Weirdest Ivy League Love Story You Will Ever See, Mishandled Brilliantly by the Prince
Proving that it can print a puff-piece about anything in the world, no matter how insane, today's Daily Princetonian brings us into the lives of several married students. Some of their stories are incredibly strange. But like, no judgments! Right, Prince?
Whenever Celene Lizzio '08 isn't doing coursework, her mind isn't focused on partying, but on being a wife and a mother. Lizzio met her husband "by complete chance" when she was wandering through an unfamiliar part of Cairo, Egypt, where she was traveling a few years ago. Noticing that she looked lost, a young Egyptian man stopped and asked her if she needed directions. The two started talking, and a few weeks later they were married."
Lizzio, who is a practicing Muslim, said that traditional Islamic religious views frown upon dating before marriage, which is why the two were married so quickly. Lizzio emphasized the value that Islam places on "inter-human bonds that arise from the family unit," adding that such a mentality contributed to her decision to get married and continues to shape the way she envisions herself as a wife and a mother."
Of course, the Prince - focused as it is on the "perfect" Valentine's Day story - fails to ask the normal follow-up question: how on Earth did your parents allow this to happen? What could possess you to convert to Islam and marry an Egyptian man in the course of three weeks? WE WANT TO KNOW MORE!
The Prince concludes the story with a tear-jerker: "From the streets of Cairo, to a high school football game in Dallas, to a Caribbean cruise, Princeton students find love in all kinds of places." As for me? From the pages of the Prince, to the pages of the Prince, to Prince articles I find online, I find reckless banality in all kinds of places. Happy Valentine's Day, readers.




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