"Your affair with Rowdy Brightwill is completely over." Regan Wright drew a deep breath and spoke in a low voice, his cold and impatient tone showed no sign of easing, "You still have two years before you will be discharged from the Forces. Your mother and I have decided that you'll start going on arranged dates in the next few days. We hope you can find a satisfactory partner so that you can get married after coming back from your service."
Flossie Wright had just graduated and was in her early twenties, but things would be different in two years...
Given her age, it wasn't the main issue. The real problem was Flossie Wright's widespread reputation; the number of people who could accept her was too few. If her age caught up in two years, it would be even more difficult for her to get married.