By mature man I mean a fourty-years-old man
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Should a mature man have the right to marry a 12-years-old girl
- Thread starter Estro Felino
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12 is too young.
Were you expecting much of an argument in favor of it?
Were you expecting much of an argument in favor of it?
Hell no! It's disgusting enough when grown men like Hugh Hefner date legal adults young enough to be their grandchildren, let alone adults messing with minors!
CynthiaCypher
Well-Known Member
I don't think it is proper for an old dude in his forties to marry a twenty-one year old let alone a twelve year old
A friend of mine, when she was in her 30s, married a man 20 years her senior. She's told me that the years she had with him were the happiest of her life. I've long thought its rather ridiculous, patronizing, and even infantalizing to tell a fully adult woman that you know best what her choice of mates should be. But of course, many people -- even people who otherwise think adult women should be treated as the adults they are -- object to adult women marrying men much older than themselves, human hypocrisy being a temptation we all fall into now and then.
I know of at least two other couples with great differences in their ages who have happy marriages.
I know of at least two other couples with great differences in their ages who have happy marriages.
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Phil25
Active Member
No way
Agreed.
40 is just an adolescent.
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber & Business Owner
While I don't have an issue with gaps in ago, a 12 year old is not mature enough, mentally, to be able to make such decisions.
CynthiaCypher
Well-Known Member
I might be prejudiced (and I often am) but I don't view a person who is 21 as mature. If a 30 year old woman or man finds loves with a person in their 50's or 70's or 100's I have no problem whatsoever. It is only because of the immaturity of people in their early 20's do I see a power disparity.
I agree. The human brain isn't fully developed until about 22 or 23. And a 12 year old is yet on the very verge of understanding some pretty fundamental things -- such as that people can be both good and bad, rather than all bad or all good. That kind of understanding usually doesn't develop in humans until they are between 13 and 15 years of age, so far as I've been told.
I would think so.
No, but im trying to figure out the motication behind the OP, and find myself suspicious.
A 12-years old is just a child. No way.
Let's hope not. It's boring enough without that.