[RooRoobird20]

My stepmother married a 30 year old man when she was 14, in Lovelady Texas. This was not unusal in rural Texas. Her husband was a drunk and abusive man. She stuck it out with him for 25 years and finally divorced the disgusting pig. She eventually martied my wonderful dad and they were blissfully married for 38 years.

My maternal grandmother was 15 when she married my grandpa who was 30. This was in Clifton Arizona. They had seven children and had a long and happy marriage.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

My maternal grandmother was born in Indian Territory, and she married at 16 (if it wasn’t 14, but don’t think so). Her groom was a widower who had one surviving son, but had lost his wife and two other children to sickness.

I read somewhere that the term “fighting Irish” derives from the fact that Irishmen didn’t marry until they inherited their fathers’ farms . . . and consequently behaved like adolescents well into their 20s. And when they did marry, they normally married much younger wives.

Wonder if Chris Matthews has some Irish blood in him???

[slslady1]

My Mom was 15 and married a man who was 30. That was her 1st Marriage. then when she was 18, she married another 30 year old man who survived pearl harbor.
liberals just refuse to see reality.

[TheConservativeTejano]

My stepmother married a 30 year old man when she was 14, in Lovelady Texas. This was not unusal in rural Texas. Her husband was a drunk and abusive man. She stuck it out with him for 25 years and finally divorced the disgusting pig. She eventually martied my wonderful dad and they were blissfully married for 38 years. My maternal grandmother was 15 when she married my grandpa who was 30. This was in Clifton Arizona. They had seven children and had a long and happy marriage.

Yup, this was very common out in the country.

There were a lot of abusive drinking husbands and a lot of good ones that did not drink or abuse their wives who cared about raising a family.