The Little Mermaid is a minor when she got married!

It's because we're all into the story and the singing, and the fancy characters. Hehe.. Have a nice day ahead as well.

Maybe you did but didn't care since it's not important at all.

you're right... but maybe I noticed when she said that she was 16... but because I was captivated by their love story, I didn't realized that she was still a minor... It was never mentioned in the story that the wedding happened years after. So we are sure! She's a minor...

Come to think about it, you're right. Even here in the Philippines, The grand parents of the grand parents of today's youth married just as young. Some even younger. Even the Grandparents of our parents. But then why are they so mad about their kids or grand kids dating at an early age when in fact they started even younger? LOL!

Times are different and our elders are wise to it. We can't marry young without making a mistake in most cases, and we are swept up more in the romance of the moment then in the reality of the future. In the past our ancestors were married either arranged, or the parents gave their blessing either way.. Hmm but then that's one big long topic to discuss! I suppose any movie we see young marriages in, such as The Little Mermaid, was written by people whom in their time, young marriages were acceptable and the usual/ norm. I was going to say something else but it flew out of my head!

That always happens. Most especially if we are interested in the topic we are responding to. Anyway, I guess based on what you said, Most of us know these already. It's the changes in the society, technology, and time, that changes our beliefs and culture. Children nowadays fall in love at the wrong time for the wrong person, unlike decades ago.

Yeah. Try to search it in youtube. Maybe it's there. So you won't have to watch the whole movie. Unless you really do wanna watch it all over again. :)

That's right. When I found about about that I even got a little surprised as I don't remember the movie coming out way earlier than the first time it came out on cinemas.

Maybe they're young for me like a teenager but it never occurred to me that they might be under aged. I guess you meant decades not centuried. LOL. But the point is, that time, it's common for minors to get married.

I know. They're even pushing their daughters and sons to get married right aaway. LOL.

Thank you for the "Kongebrev" trivia. That made sense. I have to agree with you. It's legal to marry at a minor age, given that the couple has their parents' consents. However, it's a children's movie and it's a little unfit for such an idea to be in a children's movie. But then again, children are more into the story and not that kinda stuff. So I guess it's ok. It really just caught me up.

Of course. Times have changed. I didn't think she's younger than 16. But being so bored because I've seen it millions of times when I was younger and now seeing it again and again because of my daughter, I noticed that she looked so anorexic! Hahaha...

Hahaha... That's quite an imagination you have there. That's actually my initial reaction. The idea is not appropriate or not ideal for kids. But then I thought it's ok. Children won't notice it. All of us didn't. LOL.

Hahaha... I know right?

Same here Raine (that's my daughter's name too). I guess everyone who have seen the movie before were too caught up in trying to memorize the songs and the magical love story to notice things like that. I too didn't notice it when I was a kid. :p