Prison marriages are hardly glamorous

The Nov. 16 article, “Who would marry a killer?” left me disappointed in humanity. The fact that there exists an “expert” on women who love killers and why they have such feelings, and seems to be almost jealous of their situation, makes me wonder if there is anything left in the world that is still looked upon as strange or wrong, rather than being tolerated and even understood as just another part of society.

The “expert” in this article claimed that a relationship with a prison inmate is more romantic than any “other relationship” can be, drawing this conclusion from the fact that a woman with an incarcerated husband won't have to deal with complaints, bad habits, lack of organization and sex issues that she would otherwise be constantly bombarded by. When most people think of a healthy relationship, it does not consist of a husband and wife being forcefully separated by law officials, allowing them to avoid any problems they would have if together.

It is truly sad that anyone would consider this a relationship (and especially a marriage) at all, never mind have an expert on the subject glamorize it as a “purely romantic” fantasy for women. When the stereotypical dream wedding of young girls becomes wanting to be married in a prison by a prison chaplain, under close and suspicious scrutiny of correctional officers rather than friends and family, I will be convinced that the world is forever doomed.

Kyle Rustemeyer

Glen Ellyn