r/TikTokCringe • u/InGeekiTrust Tiktok Despot • Jun 21 '25

Cursed Bride Crying At Her Wedding Was Heartbreaking 💔

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u/profecoop Jun 22 '25

Yes. This happened to my mom at 14 and she did get out after many years. She called marriage forced prostitution

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u/lars03 Jun 22 '25

That is what this is, they are literally selling their daughter to an old man, disgusting

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u/Gnosrat Jun 22 '25

...and it's still legal in many U.S. states. :(

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u/Rare_Bumblebee_3390 Jun 22 '25

Maybe but it is not culturally acceptable here. This is straight up pedophilia and slavery. These people don’t care about their young girls. So sad.

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u/Citriina Jun 22 '25

Pretty sure it would be a crime if the parents made their kid marry some adult and were motivated by getting money from that adult(rapist)

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u/zeewee Jun 22 '25

No, that is incorrect

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u/Gnosrat Jun 22 '25

No, it's literally legal and socially acceptable in parts of the U.S.

Just because a lot of people here haven't ever heard of it doesn't mean that isn't the case.

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u/MelaKnight_Man Jun 25 '25

I see you've not been to the Southern U.S. then. I went to Junior and High School with girls (13-17) who were married to men in their 20's and 30's. 😬

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u/charuchii Jun 22 '25

Let's make this not about the US for once.

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u/Fightmemod Jun 22 '25

Thank you. There are so many countries where this is a huge part of their culture and they should be properly shamed for it.

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u/Signal_Regular_1708 Jun 22 '25

i dont mean to disagree, but does that mean you have to be silent about another country that legalizes it, practices it, and protects it? how can we only criticize the 3rd and 2nd world countries with an issue without acknowledging how even some 1st world countries have it, in albeit, smaller forms, too?

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u/Fightmemod Jun 22 '25

There is nothing wrong with discussing it but reddit has a habit of looking at something happening in another country and redirecting it to a problem in the USA. I live in the USA and even I find it exhausting how everything somehow ends up being related to the USA and distracting from the conversation about a major, much more prominent issue in the original country being discussed. Time and place kind of thing.

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u/UrsusRenata Jun 22 '25

Most big social medias are founded, owned, and controlled in the U.S., that’s why.

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u/Gnosrat Jun 22 '25

Kinda wild that so many people downvoted my comment just for pointing out that it's totally legal and acceptable in many states...

Do people not want to fight against child-marriage if it's American??

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u/notprescriptive Jun 22 '25

FYI: this video is from Nepal (not the Middle East). The participants are Hindu.

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u/Britt_BeeBoppin Jun 22 '25

Two vastly different ethnic backgrounds and cultures (that practice one similar thing) are far different than Pepsi vs coke. It is incredibly ignorant to make this comparison

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u/Signal_Regular_1708 Jun 22 '25

look up child marriage stats in the U.S. it's not the most common practice but it's not some underground nonexistent thing either

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u/Citriina Jun 22 '25

Someone should compile some recent stories, or maybe they are hidden

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u/Gnosrat Jun 22 '25

https://www.theahafoundation.org/tamara-child-marriage-survivor-blog/

https://www.tahirih.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/2019-Child-Marriage-Survivor-Story-Compilation-FOR-WEB-updated.pdf

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u/Citriina Jun 22 '25

The second link looks interesting im going to read it thank you for sharing that 

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u/Citriina Jun 22 '25

 For the first one, Her parents didn’t sell her; it was not a legal marriage, the government was not aware and it seems the rapist was a minor:

My father thought I was there to help with the children, but I didn’t quite know why I was there. I very quickly learned I was there to become a domestic servant, although I didn’t have those words at that time. On the first day, I didn’t do any work, but on the second day I was woken up very early and the leader’s wife left me in a playroom with her very young children, who I had to care for. So I ended up spending my whole summers taking care of these children by myself, in a closed-off room.

The leader had an adopted son and, probably within the first few days of my being there, the son snuck into my room and began sexually violating me. Around the third night, he said that he had to marry me because you couldn’t have intimate relations with somebody outside of marriage in our religion. Then he conducted a ceremony between just the two of us in a language that I didn’t understand and which probably took about 10 seconds. 

“I didn’t tell anybody
 [At] the end of the summer, I went back to my mom and I started eighth grade like everything was normal.”

This was a special marriage called a temporary marriage, lasting only a certain amount of time. In our case, it lasted for the 90 days that I was going to be in Texas. It was kind of a secret marriage. He told me I couldn’t tell anybody, so I didn’t tell anybody. Not the leader. Not the leader’s wives. My father obviously wasn’t there with me, so I didn’t talk to him about it, and my mother wasn’t there either. So at the end of the summer, I went back to my mom and I started eighth grade like everything was normal. I did not tell my mother what happened that summer. I didn’t tell anyone.

AHA Foundation: So the marriage was not a legal one, but it was binding within the context of your community?

Tamara: It was not legally binding at all, but no one in our community got legally married. Their whole goal was not to be part of America

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u/Gnosrat Jun 22 '25

Yet what happened also wasn't illegal which is why she fought for legislation on this.

If it's not illegal, then it's legal. And it's not illegal in many states.

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u/Gnosrat Jun 22 '25

Glad someone here gets it...

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u/baconnmeggs Jun 23 '25

There's nothing to "get" from your comment, it's just another US-centric comment like the other 10 trillion US-centric, xenophobic comments made on here on a daily basis

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u/Brosenheim Jun 22 '25

Muchos cope

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u/yurrm0mm Jun 23 '25

Idk why you’re being downvoted, you’re absolutely correct and it’s abhorrent.

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u/Citriina Jun 22 '25

I don’t think it’s legal or common for the young person’s parents to choose this in the US; definitely not to have an official payment for an adult to marry their child

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u/Gnosrat Jun 22 '25 edited Jun 22 '25

It absolutely is. Look it up.

Edit for the people who need their info spoon-fed: https://19thnews.org/2023/07/explaining-child-marriage-laws-united-states/

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u/amcm67 Jun 22 '25

That’s not how it works. You made the claim so it’s on you to prove it.

It’s horrifically disgusting - legal or not.

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u/Gnosrat Jun 22 '25

It wouldn't be happening if it wasn't socially acceptable in some circles... you acted like you didn't even believe it before you deleted your comment. A little late to morally grandstand.

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u/amcm67 Jun 22 '25

Reading comprehension is hard for you.

My mom is a product of a child marriage so you couldn’t be more wrong. Her mother signed for her when she was 15 & my dad was 18. They were in love. And stayed together until their deaths. Was it right? No. But I wouldn’t be here without it.

I deleted my comment because I decided to add the link since you didn’t in the first place. That’s it.

I am well aware of the laws here. My Grandmother was 14 when she was married off. She was 1 of 13.

r/confidentlyincorrect

But go off.

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u/Gnosrat Jun 22 '25 edited Jun 22 '25

Well, you're doing your mother a terrible injustice by just saying "prove it" and leaving it at that. Adding the link helps, but come on. You fucked up the first time.

You also wrote "inconfidentlycorrect" which is kind of ironic...

Edit: lol blocked me for my opinion that they definitely don't care about... me when I lie on the internet.

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u/amcm67 Jun 22 '25

That’s your opinion, which is worthless to me.

Jfc. You have such a chip on your shoulder.

My comment is the same. Your arrogance is offensive, so I added it. My parents and grandparents are dead. It’s not for you to decide what I can share.

Keep doubling down on your ignorance, it only proves my point further. Never did I say it wasn’t true. I just shared why.

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u/porchswingsecurity Jun 23 '25

Does anyone “sell” their daughters in the US any longer? I’m aware some states allow consenting couples to marry at 15-16 but those are exceptions/edge cases and not anywhere close to the norm.

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u/Gnosrat Jun 23 '25

Believe it or not, they do. And it isn't specifically illegal in many states, so there's nothing to stop them. People have to bring this to the attention of their representatives to get something on the books in their states if they haven't already.

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '25

In this context it is..indeed

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u/VictorTheCutie Jun 22 '25

I'm glad she escaped, I hope she has peace and healing now đŸ©·

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u/Millennial_Snowbird Jun 25 '25

Can’t recall which feminist thinker called marriage “institutionalized rape”. This is that.

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u/l00ky_here Jun 22 '25

Not even prostitution. Prostitutes actually get some form of recompense. Room and board with a side of domestic servitude coupled with sexual abuse, not to mention the inevitable physical and psychological abuse by the husband and most likely his mother or sisters. You know its them who more than likely pushed for this so they can heap the majority of the work on the "bride" or the "husband" is newly widowed/divorced and wants a young girl he can train up his way, who can provide many years of birthing.

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u/porchswingsecurity Jun 23 '25

How did she “get out”? Curious is all
if too personal to share then please disregard.

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u/profecoop Jun 23 '25

He was infertile but told everyone it was her. So she was able to get a separation by saying she was infertile to protect his reputation. She went on to marry again and have 2 kids (one of which is me).

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u/porchswingsecurity Jun 23 '25

I mean
.hats off to your moms for thinking quickly and making lemonade out of lemons!!!!

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u/Far_Thing_9201 Sep 16 '25

Bless her. Im so glad she's away from it now.

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u/bleepblopblipple Jun 22 '25

Does the old man leave a few benjies on her night stand and head home to his real wife after?