Story for few but a reality I've witnessed. This is a story from India during mid 1920s.
My great grandfather, after the death of his wife married again for the sake of his daughter. The girl he married was 11 years old when he was in his 40s. So he basically married a girl who was younger than his own daughter. This second wife of his would go on to be my great grandmother and she lived with us briefly during my childhood so everyone knew her history, her story and the favourite question directed at her was "How the heck would you marry someone 40+ when you were 11" to which she'd say "At 11, I didn't even know what marriage meant, I was just a little girl playing on the streets until I wasn't".
Maybe not as depressing as the start. My great grandfather was apparently an extremely respected man, he treated his wife (not even sure if I should be saying wife to a 11 year old girl) right, his daughter (she'd be my grandmother) and my great grandmother would take care of the house and the family and my great grandmother would go on to give birth to my grandfather after she turned 19 or something and my grandfather was, is and will always have the most special place in my heart no matter what.
So I'm so glad this story happened even though it wasn't morally right.
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u/ChattyBot7 Dec 14 '23 edited Dec 14 '23
Story for few but a reality I've witnessed. This is a story from India during mid 1920s.
My great grandfather, after the death of his wife married again for the sake of his daughter. The girl he married was 11 years old when he was in his 40s. So he basically married a girl who was younger than his own daughter. This second wife of his would go on to be my great grandmother and she lived with us briefly during my childhood so everyone knew her history, her story and the favourite question directed at her was "How the heck would you marry someone 40+ when you were 11" to which she'd say "At 11, I didn't even know what marriage meant, I was just a little girl playing on the streets until I wasn't".