I was inspired to write this story after reading this booklet I had gotten at the 2nd Annual Hmong Women's Conference of some hmong women who faced trivialities in their marriages. I've incorporated three of their stories into this fic: one woman whose husband had been cheating on her and married a second wife. Another whose husband was having an affair and refused to give it up, and another who was the one at fault for failing as a wife despite her husband being the one who was cheating on her.
Well, I also incorporated the poem By The Lower Mississppi (which this story is also named after) because I like it.
DISCLAIMER: I suppose I should have put this in here, but since one commenter was so disappointed in me for being irresponsible (of which I greatly apologize for) and not putting this down, I will do so. There will be talk of mental abuse (lots of it) and emotional trauma going on. Be forewarn, this is not a happy story. Abuse is not good, physical or mental or any other form of it. Not all relationships go well or survive these kinds of abuse. Few even learn from it and get better. You guys are all smart, I trust in you that you can understand that love is blind and that abuse is not justifiable in anyway, even if it is for love. However this disclaimer is for those who cannot trust you, my readers, and for all the people who cannot take apart reality from fiction. So just take into consideration that this is still a story, not real. ABUSE. IS. BAD. End of story.
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Also, there is no story here. Just to be safe and hopefully fanfiction . net doesn't chew my ass out on this, the story will be over at Dokuga. The link is on my profile page or if you wanna try this link here (mind the spacing, make sure to place it all together): http:/ / dokuga. com/ fanfiction/ story/ 2780/ 1