Good for you, Barbara... Children are a heritage from the LORD... Some of the women on this list are bitter at men, perhaps because THEY were lax in their own selection. I know some men are abusive, but to suggest that all are, sounds like the woman has made bad choices and wants to blame it on someone else... I have already said, I married at 18 and at times it got tough, but I made a vow and I intended to keep it...for better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness or in health, til death do us part...but I would not take anything in exchange for all those memories...women are precious and valuable, and ought to be Respected and Loved, pampered, and esteemed... http://dem0nmac.mgh.harvard.edu/neurowebforum/ParkinsonsDiseaseArticles/MyWifeandCBGD.html http://neuro-mancer.mgh.harvard.edu/ubb/Forum23/HTML/000010.html >From: BJFRISBY@aol.com >Reply-To: GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com >To: GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [GA-Roots] Marrying Ages and Sexual Abuse >Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 01:33:22 EDT > >I just had to jump in here. My GGrandfather married a 11 or 12 year old. >Not sure abt the age as only going by census records. She out lived her >husband by many years after giving birth to abt 10 children. The reason >for >the early marriage no one knows, but they appear to have both had a long >life. She was well into her 70's when she died and he was about 70 also. >I married at 14, had 5 wonderful children, completed my education and >pursued >a career. I don't want to see my children marring that young, but it was >quite common in my day. >By the way I have 12 grandchildren and baby sit for my 1st ggrandson while >his mother. There is not anything like holding a newborn baby in your arms >to make you feel young again. > Barbara of Ca > ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com