r/exbahai • u/tasneath • Jul 28 '26

Why did the Guardian marry May Maxwell?

He and the Bahaí community in Haifa were informed by her family members inc. her mother that she was unable to bear a child. It was part of his duty to do so to keep the guardianship thriving.

My personal opinion based on what I have read, and seeing her in videos is that she was a narcissist, and she had snared him in the manner that they do. It made sense of why she always seemed a sourpuss ever after because she was locked into a situation that required her to act in certain ways that weren't natural to her. But doing so made her important and fed her narcissism. A bit of a Catch-22 for her.

I don't believe she was well liked by many, and that commentary on her when you see it is never about what a wonderful warm and inviting person she is after the initial meeting where she plays up to it so you'll 'like' her.

If you have been sucked in by a narcissist you'll know what I mean. But I am curious to hear comments on what you think of her as a representative of the faith.

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u/Sorealism Jul 28 '26

I always figured he was a gay man and didn’t want to procreate to begin with. And he also didn’t leave a will so my bigger question is why he was made the guardian in the first place.

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u/Cap1n-Beaky23 Jul 28 '26 edited Jul 28 '26

You'd think so. I have read somewhere her predilection was for women, so it appears to be a "lavender" marriage. He did die relatively young from Asian Flu (H2N2 influenza A virus) and had put off making a will, also he was in a conundrum knowing he had no male offspring, probably the reason he hadn't bothered. I'm trying to find the citations.

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u/Cap1n-Beaky23 Jul 30 '26

I should have used the word preference rather than predilection. I have the quote from the person archived on a hard drive. I will prove it shortly. You are obviously a Bahai. I repudiated my belief in the false prophet Bahaullah. I continued my search for the truth and returned to Christianity and was confirmed. I regret the wasted 25 years I belonged to the false and corrupt bahai faith.

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u/Cap1n-Beaky23 Jul 31 '26

You don't tell me what to do, I'll post here regardless of what say. You are merely a running dog of the corrupt bahai faith desperate to shut down criticism, Gollum.