Worried About My Family's Situation and Future Marriage
Salam everyone. I've been through a previous marriage that I had to leave because my ex-husband was physically hurting me, and it lasted just a year, alhamdulillah I got out safely. Now I'm hoping to move forward with my life and maybe remarry in a year or two, in sha Allah. But there's this thing that really eats at me-my family isn't well off, we're honestly quite poor and don't really have anything to our name. I feel so embarrassed about it, and I keep thinking about what a future husband's family might say or how I could even be respected when I have so little backing me. Like, does anyone know how this stuff works? Families usually check out the spouse's side, right? I live here in England but my parents' folks are back in different countries, so if someone looked into us they'd just find me, my siblings, and my mom and dad, that's it, and see we don't have much. I'm scared his family might look down on us or see it as a red flag, and then I'll never find a good, caring partner because of our circumstances. I know maybe I'm overthinking this, but I honestly worry about it every single day. Any thoughts or advice would mean so much, truly.