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12.13.05

child marriage? at 11:41 am




The topic of age difference in a relationship has taken on a whole new level of late. Both of these stories caught my attention this morning for their obvious similarities but upon further inspection, they are obviously quite different.

The first involves a 37-year-old woman marrying a 15-year-old boy and having his child.This quote sums up her take on what she�s doing:

"It's not like they are making it out to be. Actually, I'd told him 'no' several times because I prefer someone older, but he was just so nice and so sweet," she said.

I�m not buying it. There isn�t even a remote change that a 15-year-old boy could entice me to have anything to do with him. None. But, bottom line, no one seems that shocked or outraged by her behavior and she�ll probably get a slap on the wrist. First offense and all.


But this one is different. Here we have a 22- year- old man with a 14- year- old girl. Much closer in age and yet everyone is outraged. Same story as she (of course) ended up pregnant and they now have a child together. 50 years? The only pieces of this story that really bother me are the fact that her mother consented to the marriage and that she named the baby Samara. Isn�t that from The Ring? Creepy. Oh wait, that was rated R so she probably hasn�t seen it.

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