I think that the reason Tolkien has so many women in his stories "marrying down" and having to wait for a long time for their spouses, or beloveds, is that the same thing happened to him and his wife. Edith Bratt (who later became his wife) was slightly more well-to-do than Tolkien, who was still a student and an orphan.
When the Professor was sent overseas as a soldier in the Lancashire Fusiliers, Edith had to wait for him to come back, so that they could be a "real couple." I think those experiences carried over into the stories that he wrote, since they were such important factors in his life.
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But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.
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