underrage marriage
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i'm not. it's weird.... although, if i were a kid like 12 or 14 years old i would've loved getting with my cute elementary teacher myself... it's true. who in here never had a crush on your english teacher in elementary? (well, maybe not the english teacher... could've been math, science or whatever)
well, apparently, there are actually folks who are giving their 13 year old child consent to marry someone older.... crazy stuff, man.
my bro-in-laws sister actually married at age 13 with a 20+ year old... :eek:
although the link below is about a website created for parents who'd like to sell their kids for marriage, it's actually a hoax. great read. hope you enjoy.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20781129/site/newsweek/page/0/
i'm not. it's weird.... although, if i were a kid like 12 or 14 years old i would've loved getting with my cute elementary teacher myself... it's true. who in here never had a crush on your english teacher in elementary? (well, maybe not the english teacher... could've been math, science or whatever)
well, apparently, there are actually folks who are giving their 13 year old child consent to marry someone older.... crazy stuff, man.
my bro-in-laws sister actually married at age 13 with a 20+ year old... :eek:
although the link below is about a website created for parents who'd like to sell their kids for marriage, it's actually a hoax. great read. hope you enjoy.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20781129/site/newsweek/page/0/
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because they are obviously mentally..... physically..... and emotionally..... ready for marriage.......
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
I don't even think it depends on the individual. I can't believe that at thirteen you can decide on anything much.
Most people at thirteen think they know their own mind but it turns out they don't.
I think from about 13 onwards, you learn so much each year and can quite easily change your mind.
I just don't buy it... I'm sorry.
Well some kids at 13 find themselves pregnant, and not wanting to have an abortion and they do want to marry the father of their child. I'm not saying that it's a great situation however, if they make the decision and they go ahead, I'm hardly going to slag off at them when they're up against so much already. Obviously I don't think it's an ideal situation but it's not my decision to make hence me saying depending on the circumstances, the individuals and generally no.
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You're such a nice person. Much nicer than me.
I knew people that got married AND THEN pregnant at sixteen. Where are they all now? On daytime talk shows. Seriously!
I did read what you said about 'I wouldn't but it's up to them' by the way.
this must be a typo.
Everyone knows that 13 is perfect, physically. :rolleyes:
I know you're joking... I met a guy in Sri Lanka, about the same age as me and he was crushed that he was going to be forced into a relationship with a woman that he cared nothing about.
Yeah. The changes between 13 and 18 are the same as the changes between 1 and 6. Those 5 years make a huge difference.
joke's on you then. becos every marriage involves getting stuck into a relationship with someone you will be lucky to care nothing about... but more likely will grow to resent. i'd just as soon have someone forced to stay with me for political reasons so we can function as a business partnership and carry on our affairs in private.
my bro-in-laws sister, the one that married at age 13, ended up cheating on her husband when she was about 23 or so years old. they're still married though... i'm happy for them since they've got like 5 kids and all.
I hope you're joking. If not, what the hell happened to you to make you feel this way?
My heart goes out to you... I don't know what else to say.
Well I don't know about me being nicer.
I don't think it's a great situation for "kids" to get married but you do have to look at the individuals and yeah, some times it does get a bit like Jerry Springer but how shitty to be in that situation? To not know any better, to not have had the guidance to avoid the situation in the first place? To have been able to make those decisions and then to wake up and find out the ramifications of it all when it goes bad.
It's not the worst thing that can happen in a life though, probably not great but not the worst thing.
My parents married quite young after having me, because they had me, and because that was the thing to do. And we all coped flak over it. My parents were constantly bagged for it, and some people even treated me differently as a kid because of it. Now there's something radically wrong with people that would level shit at a kid over circumstances that are beyond their control. My parents should never have had me and they should never have gotten married but they did and here we all are. I know they did the best they could in the situation they found themselves in, as have many other people I have watched in similar circumstances. So while I can understand that people get upset about it, I have to wonder what they're hoping to achieve by slagging off about it. It doesn't really help. Well I don't think so anyway. Anyway, I get what you are saying and I agree that kids shouldn't really get married but then I don't think some adults should either.
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