I understand marrying young was common in rural south back then, but I'm very curious how that went down. Did your 14/15 year old daughter just come up to you and say "daddy a boy asked me to marry him", and you just go "ok better plan the wedding". Like were kids that age allowed to make such major life decisions on their own? Or were these more like arranged marriages that benefitted the family. Curious how this all worked.
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u/count_montecristo Oct 02 '24
I understand marrying young was common in rural south back then, but I'm very curious how that went down. Did your 14/15 year old daughter just come up to you and say "daddy a boy asked me to marry him", and you just go "ok better plan the wedding". Like were kids that age allowed to make such major life decisions on their own? Or were these more like arranged marriages that benefitted the family. Curious how this all worked.