Being an only child, she was somewhat spoiled but was never condescending to those who were less fortunate. She was a down-to-earth person, unlike her parents who were the epitome of snootiness. She and her parents traveled a great deal, which made her a well rounded and an open-minded individual.
Ted was the eldest of three children; his parents died in a car accident when he was twelve years old. He and his sisters who were ten and eight at the time were the beneficiaries of their parents' insurance policy and lived with various family members.
By the time they became teenagers, the insurance money ran out and so did their relatives, and even though the siblings were virtually raising themselves, they were forever there for each other through the good and bad times and made a promise to continue to be there for each other, no matter what.
In his junior year, Ted dropped out of high school. He did manage to get his GED, but holding down a steady job was not one of his strongest points.
His sisters were attending college, but they never completed their studies, and as far as the neighbors knew, they never held down a steady job either.
Yet, Ted did manage to obtain an apartment building that consisted of sixteen units. The property was worth two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. In a short period, the building became a source of income for the three siblings. People who knew of them were trying to figure out how these three, who appeared to be flat broke and busted, were able to pull off such a coup.
When Marsha's parents learned about the marriage, they were livid, to say the least. After all, they knew nothing about this man. In fact, they never even met him. The two were secretly seeing each other, because Marsha knew her parents would be against it. What was the rush her parents pondered?
At first, they thought their daughter was pregnant, but that was not the case. She would have walked through the flames of hell to be with him eternally. It was as though she became spellbound when she first laid eyes on him. It was ironic, because he did not have much going for him when it came to looks, grace, and social status. No one would have written home about him.
Even if their lives depended on it, her girlfriends would have never given him a second look or the time of day. He could be loud and uncouth at times, and many saw him as an individual who lacked good manners and class.