She got married early so she and her husband, who was an overseas Chinese from Vietnam, could leave the country together for France to study.
她很坦誠的表示，早婚是希望婚後和有華僑身份的先生一同申請到法國去讀書，趕快離開中共的統治。楊明顯的先生是河南大學英文系低她一班的同學。五十年代受到共產黨的宣傳，從越南回國升學的僑生，沒想到一進去就出不來了。