Summary of Elizabeth Gilbert's Committed

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#1 I had been traveling across Southeast Asia with a man who was soon to become my husband. We were trying to get married, but neither of us wanted to. The idea of marriage terrified us both after our bad divorces.

#2 Felipe and I had a pact never to marry, as we knew that every relationship has a hidden explosive mixture of problems. We were very content together, until the United States Department of Homeland Security got involved.

#3 Felipe and I shared many similarities and blessings, but we did not share a nationality. We were a Brazilian-born man with Australian citizenship, and we had been living mostly in Indonesia. We didn’t initially foresee any problems with our countryless love story.

#4 Felipe and I moved to Philadelphia, and we enjoyed our first real sessions of shared domesticity. We felt ambitious and productive and optimistic, but we knew that we couldn’t stay together for long because of Felipe’s visa restrictions.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Apr 30, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669399964

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I had been traveling across Southeast Asia with a man who was soon to become my husband. We were trying to get married, but neither of us wanted to. The idea of marriage terrified us both after our bad divorces.

#2

Felipe and I had a pact never to marry, as we knew that every relationship has a hidden explosive mixture of problems. We were very content together, until the United States Department of Homeland Security got involved.

#3

Felipe and I shared many similarities and blessings, but we did not share a nationality. We were a Brazilian-born man with Australian citizenship, and we had been living mostly in Indonesia. We didn’t initially foresee any problems with our countryless love story.

#4

Felipe and I moved to Philadelphia, and we enjoyed our first real sessions of shared domesticity. We felt ambitious and productive and optimistic, but we knew that we couldn’t stay together for long because of Felipe’s visa restrictions.

#5

I was returning from a business trip overseas with my foreign sweetheart Felipe, and we landed at the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. Felipe was interrogated for six hours by the Department of Homeland Security. When we had something to tell us about Felipe, they would let us know.

#6

After six hours of interrogation, I was brought back to the small, dimly lit room where Felipe was sitting with the Homeland Security officer who had been interrogating him. I felt my chest tighten with longing as I saw him.

#7

The three-month visa waiver that the United States government offers to citizens of friendly countries is not intended for indefinite consecutive visits.

#8

The officer told me that marrying Felipe would not be legal in the United States. He then gave me a sad look and said, I’m afraid things don’t work that way. Suddenly, he looked like a chaplain.

#9

Officer Tom knew that securing a US fiance visa after a border incident would