I Wrote 100+ Letters To My Future Husband. Years Later, I Read Them To My Actual Husband

The author at 5 years old dressed as a bride, pictured with her younger brother

When I was 14 years old, I wrote my first letter to My Future Husband. Over the course of six years, I wrote more than 100 similar letters, with the intent of one day sharing them with my God-ordained groom. 

While perhaps an overachiever in this endeavour, I was certainly not alone. Many young women raised in evangelical Christianity in the 90s and 2000s were heavily influenced by “purity culture”, an...