sentences:  There are many reasons why someone might take this vow, and observers recorded a variety of motivations.One person spoke of becoming a sworn virgin in order to not be separated from her father, and another in order to live and work with a sister.Some hoped to avoid a specific unwanted marriage, and others hoped to avoid marriage in general; becoming a sworn virgin was also the only way for families who had committed children to an arranged marriage to refuse to fulfil it, without dishonouring the groom's family and risking a blood feud.