A girl from my MIDDLE SCHOOL is getting MARRIED.

[MiniMandaRuth]

She showed me the... invitation rough draft today.

OOg.

She's getting married on her sixteenth birthday. She's fifteen right now.

Her... fiancee is eighteen, working at his dads auto shop, and apparently is buying her a 'two thousand dollar ring that's going to be upgraded.'

Is it just me and my friends, or is this a little... wrong?! Her... fiancee is hot, but that's NOTHING! ARGH! She says they're going to get an apartment in the city.

I met her mom yesterday and asked if it was true.

She said that she was picking up her daughter so she could go pick out her dress.

Am I missing something here?!

Her mom is okay with all this.

ACK.

And I'm invited.











:yoiks:

[KitchenWitch]

1. That is a little scary!

[MiniMandaRuth]

11. A little scary.

...
....

..................................


:rofl:

Understatement of the century, my dear KitchenWitch.

Anyhoo, hi! You still hating those Bratz? I went on their site for a few minuets. Disgusted with myself. Must go stand in corner now.

[KitchenWitch]

15. I can be subtle at times

Go take a shower!

:rofl:

[MiniMandaRuth]

32. Standing in corner much easier.

Don't have to go down the Cat Infested Hallway of UberdarkdeumandDeathiness.

edit for spelling.

[Karenina]

52. She's pregnant?

[TimeChaser]

2. I thought my friend was rushing a little...

... and she's 18 and her soon to be fiance is in his early twenties.

[MiniMandaRuth]

6. Afternoon, TimeChaser!

I hope you're having a good day!

[TimeChaser]

17. Yep!

Tonight our anime club is finishing up Vision of Escaflowne, and then tomorrow I get to go home!

And how are you? :hi:

[MiniMandaRuth]

19. Clumsy and stupid.

I spouted one too many Star Wars quotes to be healthy today.

Then I watched Kyo Kara Maoh.

Yaoi gives me a case of the giggles, you know.

[TimeChaser]

20. Yaoi is always fun

Although I don't consider myself an exclusive yaoi fangirl, more like an equal-opportunity fangirl :)

[MiniMandaRuth]

22. I dunno why, but it makes me giggle insanley.

Any new good animes? I need suggestions for my Netflix.

[TimeChaser]

24. Hmm, I heard Elfen Lied was licenced

but I'm not sure. I wouldn't suggest watching that before bedtime or with parents in the room, lots of violence, dismembering, and nudity. If you haven't seen FLCL, that's always good. Oh and Saiyuki! have you seen that?

[MiniMandaRuth]

27. I've seen like, five minuets of FLCL.

Saiyuki? Never heard of it.

[TimeChaser]

31. Saiyuki is great

It's based on the "Journey to the West" legend, which is also known as "The Monkey King." It has a very violent Buddhist priest who smokes, drinks and gambles and his companions journeying to the west to find out what is making the yokai lose their minds and kill people.


And how could I ever forget: Noir! If you haven't seen that, that's definitely one to see. It's about two female assassins.

[MiniMandaRuth]

33. Noir is on my list.

Hmm... Crazy smoking violent Buddhist priest. Every anime should have one of those!

[LynzM]

34. Ooh, that one sounds interesting....

Had a friend in college who watched a lot of anime... I only ever really watched Fushigi Yugi, though :)

[TimeChaser]

35. Actually, that's one of the ones I haven't seen yet

And I've seen a lot.

[LynzM]

42. Ooh... you should watch it

It's hysterical, and it will eat up a lot of hours of your life....

Mi-ya-kaaaaaaaa! :rofl: Watch it, and then giggle at that :)

[hobo_baggins]

46. I wanna join an anime club

that is all

[Tyrone Slothrop]

51. I thought a friend of mine was rushing a little too...

and she was 25!

[nini]

3. Depends on the girl.. but in general I would say it's wrong

If it's true love she can wait until she finishes school and turns 18.

Her mother sounds kinda dumb :D

[MiniMandaRuth]

4. Her Mom's a crack ho.

And she's a CHIT (Crack Ho In Training)

[Rabrrrrrr]

12. And sadly, this was my first assumption

That she's part of a family filled with abuse (of all kinds), emotional and psychological stunting, and a vast inability to control their behavior.

[nini]

16. oh good LORD

wow, that sucks. Poor kid is doomed either way.


:cry:

[MiniMandaRuth]

21. It's sad.

About after fifth grade, if you aren't in the game, you really can't get up again.

I'll probably meet her when I'm in high-school. I'll be picking up my lunch and she'll be working in the Safeway, five months pregnant.

[nini]

23. you are wise beyond your years

:thumbsup:


gives me hope for the future!

[MiniMandaRuth]

25. A lot of people say that.

Makes me feel good!

^^

[nini]

28. you should.. the Bob Dylan avatar doesn't hurt either!

:D

[MiniMandaRuth]

30. In his younger days (For me at least, Mom still thinks he's sexy)

he's pretty hot for me. Plus, I totally heart his singing. I sing The Times They Are A-Changin' in the shower when I'm alone.

[nini]

36. that is an awesome song. Amazing how his words still ring true

Are you sure you're not 26 or something? Your mom must be very proud!

:-)

[MiniMandaRuth]

37. No. I'm over thirteen and under sixteen.

Never held back, and in the eighth grade. I'm proud of myself, and my mommy is, too.

[Parrcrow]

5. Is that even legal?

:shrug:

[MiniMandaRuth]

8. With parental consent on both sides,

it is.

What a disgusting world we live in.

[Parrcrow]

13. How repulsive

but I guess trash deserve to be happy too. No matter how fucked up their definition of happiness.












and it is fucked up

[Name removed]

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[Parrcrow]

63. lighten up n/t

[Name removed]

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[Parrcrow]

65. stop bugging me

[Mutley]

7. I tend to think people should at least finish high school first...

but to each his own. :shrug:

[Dave Reynolds]

9. Sounds a little off to me,

at least by modern standards. I guess 100 years ago that might have been normal, but not so much now.

[MiniMandaRuth]

14. I was in the same boat as you.

But then she showed me the invite and her Mom. Oy.

I still think that some of the more fanatical groups of the religious still do this. But as far as I know, she isn't very religious.

[Rabrrrrrr]

10. Many of my aunts were married at 16, and that wasn't so long ago

In the realm of human history, the vast majority of it has been the majority of women marrying at 16 and under.

For today's United States, though, that's a tough one - times aren't as easy as they used to be.

I certianly would never counsel a girl to get married. Hell, I think people should wait until they're 30.

[MiniMandaRuth]

18. I want to get married after I have established a good career for myself.

Then, I want to get married to a guy I hopefully met in college. We're not going to have kids and we're going to live in Canada with our three dogs.

I think that most people should wait until they do have good careers, THEN they get married and have kids.

[WeRQ4U]

26. Although probably legal, it makes me squirm a bit.

Just doesn't seem right.

[MiniMandaRuth]

29. It doesn't.

Think about it.

Girls that are that age and younger are getting married around the world.

It is legal. If I ever become president, I think I'd seriously re-work that law.

[WeRQ4U]

38. I think you would REALLY piss off the hillbilly right wingers.......

They wouldn't be able to marry their 16 year old second cousins anymore. Even with permission.

[jmm]

39. Some people will do anything to get out of the house

A couple of girls in my high school got married to escape their family problems. Their husbands and just as many problems as them which was probably the only reason they and their families thought this was a good idea.

[gollygee]

40. That kind of thing freaks me out

I know someone who got married when she was 16 but just because she was pregnant

I wouldn't want my daughter to get married that young regardless of if she was pregnant.

[Jamastiene]

41. That's how they do it in my hometown.

Now, I guess it's easy to see why I have had a hard time here. I'm not married, nor do I intend to get married. I'm 35 now. Been fighting them for years now.

[Iris]

43. The ring thing

That blows me away more than the age.

Why are women obssessed with diamond rings? Upgrade? I'd rather have a nice front loading washer/dryer combo.

[MiniMandaRuth]

44. I don't like diamonds. I like opals. My birth stone, ya know.

Very pretty stones.

[Left Is Write]

54. I have a friend who cried when her husband "upgraded" her wedding set.

She had a really beautiful wedding set. Around their 10th anniversary, he took it to get it "cleaned" and returned with the bigger version of the same set with a much bigger diamond. He surprised her with it, thinking she would be thrilled.

She was not. She loved her original wedding set because it's what he put on her finger on their wedding day. She didn't WANT a new set - she wanted the one that she had attached the sentimental value to.

[Wcross]

45. Whats the hurry?

Geez, they can't wait 2 years so she can finish high school? I bet she's knocked up. I predict the birth of a child in the next eight months or less. It will be explained off as a really healthy premature baby.

[Kathryn STone]

47. what part of the south are you in?

[MiniMandaRuth]

50. Washington State.

What do you know? We're just a bunch of Kentuckyians at heart, aren't we?

[Wapsie B]

48. That's awful young for both of them

but not unheard of.

[NewJeffCT]

49. I said this to an 18 year old getting married a few years back

She was complaining about her in-laws to be, and I said that you're going to be stuck with them for the rest of your life... then, I said if you both truly loved each other, you'd still be in love in 5 years and getting married now or getting married in 5 years won't make a difference to "true love"

At the time, 5 years ago, I was going through a divorce, so I thought I spoke with a little bit of wisdom.

[Left Is Write]

53. In general, without knowing the parties involved...

I would say this sort of thing is a bad, bad idea.

Given her comment about the ring, I wonder if she's more into the idea of a wedding or being Mrs. Somebody than the actual marriage itself, which is bound to be a difficult adjustment for her.

[Bullwinkle925]

55. I don't give it a year. You'll have to get back to us on that.

[MiniMandaRuth]

56. A year...

Hmmm.....

I give it five or six months tops.

Or, when she gets knocked up, it'll be a year and a half.

[Bullwinkle925]

57. I was trying to be generous with my timing. Good grief - what a HUGH

mistake she's making.

[MiniMandaRuth]

58. Eh. You can never know.

Although this marriage becoming long and happy is like...

1 in 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.

[I Have A Dream]

59. Yeah, 1 in a brazillion! n/t

[Bullwinkle925]

62. Yuppers!

[NNadir]

60. Gulp.

Something is very wrong with this picture.

[Samurai_Writer]

66. What is an almost 16 year old girl still doing in middle school?!?

That right there sends up a red flag for me. She can't even stay on level in her classes and she wants to get married and be a responsible adult? What a joke.

[TrogL]

67. My daughter is sixteen and she's ready

She's a few other things too, but let's not go there.