My father (from India) broke his arranged engagement in order to marry the woman who became his wife.... He would hand over his entire weekly wage to her, when they migrated to the UK, keeping enough only for his bus fare to work... IN his later years, he used the polite form of address, to show his respect... which is extremely rare... She was the fulcrum of his entire life and he was mostly loving and compassionate to his children, including his daughters.