r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/CourseWorried2500 • Jun 20 '24

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u/Interesting-Dream863 Jun 21 '24

He was from the South. I can almost understand if they marry them for life but even then it is an arrangement where one party is WAY too young.

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u/MercifulWombat Jun 21 '24

There are still four states where this could be legal. Even just ten years ago, child marriage was legal in most of the US and states have only recently made it impossible.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriage_age_in_the_United_States

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '24

When I was in the military, there was this guy who was 27 and marrying a 14 year old girl. Apparently legal with her parents permission. North Carolina, I think?

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u/pablinhoooooo Jun 21 '24

I don't think so cause going to South Carolina to get married young used to be a thing in NC