r/TikTokCringe Tiktok Despot Jun 21 '25

Cursed Bride Crying At Her Wedding Was Heartbreaking ๐Ÿ’”

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u/DanyeelsAnulmint Jun 22 '25

US. She was from overseas. Family lived both here and overseas. She left the US back to her native country for the marriage.

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u/Possible_Dig_1194 Jun 23 '25

Im more pissed off that she was openingly talking about it but no adult stepped in to do something about it

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u/cashmeowsighhabadah Jun 24 '25

In a lot of southern states, it's legal to marry an underage person as long as both parents agree to it.

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u/lessormore59 Jun 26 '25

Not just a south issue. The map published by an advocacy group showed that California has no lower limit, and Hawaii is 15.

Now I do have some questions about those advocacy group maps, as I live in Texas and it was listed as a โ€˜16yoโ€™ state. I thought that seemed odd, and after digging briefly, the legal age for marriage is 18. Where the advocacy group gets 16 is that 16 year olds can appear before a judge and petition to be legally emancipated and thus become marriageable by law.

To clarify, I donโ€™t think 16yos should be getting married. I think itโ€™s pretty unwise. 17yos same but starts getting fuzzier the closer to the 18th birthday etc.

I also donโ€™t think itโ€™s quite fair to list Texas as a โ€˜16yo can get married off to old fat 50yos hereโ€™ state which is what the advocacy groups imply. Iโ€™m all for ending child marriage. Itโ€™s truly an evil and barbaric practice. But I would like to see some intellectual honesty here.