A 51 year old marries... a 16 year old?!

While some think its Immoral and others moral what I think is that everyone makes mistakes and learns from them. Whether or not we agree doesnt really matter. What matters is all the parties involved agree it was ok. Sure it may be frowned upon. Sure it may be immoral, but that's their lesson to learn. :p

Truth is stranger than fiction!

From the way it looks, it seems to be with full consent of the girl and full blessings from the parents. I think we bystanders should cut them some slack. She looks and acts like she's 23 to 29, so I don't think there's anything wrong with their marriage. She wanted it, consented to it, and their parents gave them their blessings, end of story. People shouldn't even bother to discuss this. Marriage happens to pre-pubescent girls and grown men in the ancient times. What is married is sacred, so we all should leave them alone. A reality show would be interesting to watch, though. :p

Oh my goodness. I am kinda tossed up on this one. She is only 16, and has her whole life ahead of her, and at such a young age plunges full speed ahead into marriage. She has not even gotten thru her teen years and really experienced life yet. How is she gonna feel in a few years, especially if she does make it in the entertainment field. Younger hunky guys will be fawning all over her, can she resist? As I write this I am looking at my 12 year old granddaughter asleep on my loveseat, and I think kids today are trying to be grown before they have the chance to enjoy childhood and teen years. Why do they want to grow up so fast? You can't take it back once it is gone. Now onto Him: I don't care if he did fall in love with her. He is still robbing the cradle. Can't he find someone his own age? Or at least a woman in her 30's or 40's if he wants to feel younger? Someone with more experience in life. Or does he feel he can mold her to be what he wants. Or perhaps he has the Napoleon syndrome or other issues. I'm sorry it's just not right. Maybe if he was only 21 then I could see it, but 16, no way. But hey it's there life. I do have to wonder why mom & dad would agree to this tho... What were they thinking? Just my two cents. Oh and do they plan on having kids? I'm 52 and I have 5 grandkids, the oldest being 14. Food for thought on that one.

Well, strange things do happen in love. There are even worst cases in our place, like 80 plus males marrying girls who are in their teens. The reason is obvious.

no. i do not approve. what will he do with her? maker her sit in front of him and stare at her? what else can he do? after some time she will take divorce or flee.

Generally, I don't think that age really matters, in this sort of situation, but this is really frightening. This takes it to a new level. I don't think that this is right at all. It would be one thing if the guy was in his early twenties, but this just doesn't seem right. I'm really not sure what the parents of this 16 year old are thinking. Honestly, I just don't get it.

For me not all last long in there relationship in that gap of age.

Wow this is frightening. I thankfully have not gone through this with my child and would not have consented. I do realize that is with time the child would have probably done it anyways but that would be fine as long as I personally did not consent when she was a minor. Usually age is not a factor but this is way too much of a gap and the man himself should know better.

I don't think this marriage is immoral. I mean, a girl with 16 years know exactly what she is doing and if she decided to married him and have her parents consent, I don't see anything wrong with that. Of course, it's not normal, but on the old times this was very normal thing to happen.

I don't think it's immoral. When the law says that they can be married if the parents consented then I guess it is fine. They have the right to be happy if they truly love and care for each other.

People say age is just a number. so in this case the family must have thought of this. I think it is cruel to let an underage child marry like this. If the child suffers later on it will be the parents to blame.

Well I haven't seen this show but it sounds crazy!! Why would a 16 year girl marry a 51 year old man... That's wrong! This sounds freakin disgusting! How the heck did you find out about this? I approve this my butt.

I don't think it was immoral, it may be a little weird to think about though. Too much age difference, but as long as the girl is okay with it, then no problem. Like what the others have said, 'age is just a number' your true love doesn't have to be near your age, though it's probably better if the age gap wasn't that broad. In olden times, young women marry men who are 20 years older than them. It was okay back then, so what's wrong with it now? We can't really say it was child molestation, since they are going to be married.

a 16 years old? She's still a minor,considering the parents give their consent,but she's still a minor. I don't know what to say about this,thu i don't mind age when it comes to love. But i don't believed this is all about love. There might be something behind this marriage...not sure.