...there's no way you can read this without getting misty-eyed. http://www.timesnews.net/article/90...g-so-her-father-could-walk-her-down-the-aisle
I just can't imagine not being able to see my little girl go through that next stage of her life with her own husband and children. I got a little misty eyed. You guys may have seen this already ... my wife showed it to me and I really like it. [video=youtube;HSfhgGGt_PU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=HSfhgGGt_PU[/video]
In that part of the country, that isn't a reason. Folks I went to high school were getting married any age from 18-24.
I understand my shelf-life is about to expire, but I truly pity the people at home who get married at that age.
Marriages that young aren't as common anymore, even "in this part of the country". I can fully understand. I would do it for mine at their age, but I get it for this young lady's age.
Hell, it seems like only a few years ago that girls around here were almost always married by age 18-19. Usually one of the first things that happened after graduation from high school. Back in the first half of the 1900's it was not uncommon for a girl to be married around 15-16.
We have plenty living the married life without the vows in order to continue to receive full government assistance.
Your tax dollars at work, yet again. Here's the essentials of the process. They party down, get pregnant and get a check and all kinds of other various government handouts, including insurance. Then the government assistance goes to pay for alcohol, drugs, cigarettes and a car. While the baby usually ends up being raised by the grandparents, it the baby is that fortunate. Like the Bible lets us know, kids need two parents.