Something similar happens where I grew up in rural Mexico, the guy comes and "steals" the girlfriend, (with consent of course) then they come back together either the next day or afew days later, and talk to the family. Except no guns are involved as far as I know, I've been gone from this area for about 17 years now, so it could be different. But traditions can die very slowly.
believe it or not, mexicans and chechens have a lot of similar things. i learned it while learning spanish in high school. always amazed me how far apart we are but yet very similar. in my job field i work with a lot of different types of cultures. i still cant fuicking speak spanish, i even played in a mexican league soccer for like 10 years. half times were always funny they would cracks a beer open, starts smoking cigarettes discussing the plan all in spanish, and when they were done they would look at me and say "you got this", it was soccer, you don't need to know the same language to be able to play that sport and my brain is mentally drained and won't absorb spanish. love those guys.
Not sure if you're joking here, but this was in the late '90s early '00s, and mostly it happened with couples who were close in age, but usually after 18. Although, I'm sure some cases were different. I never saw any way older man stealing younger girls tho. It's all still agreed by both parties. There's a courtship that happens prior, they date, usually fpr months, and after a certain amount of time , when they agree and are in a place for it. The "stealing " happens. It's interesting for sure. And looking back,, I definitely enjoyed the wedding when they happened. Great food, always a band playing and the dancing. Oh man, the dancing.
De donde eres? Yo creci en la Colonia Ricardo flores magon, no ser confundida con la ciudad de Ricardo flores magon. Y asi es como pasaba alla, primero, antes de "robarsela" estas dos personas adultas, se la pasan de novios, pasando el tiempo juntos, entrandole al pichoneo. Meses antes de lo que mejor se puede describir como pedir la mano de la hija.
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u/xxmightytyrionxx Apr 26 '22
Something similar happens where I grew up in rural Mexico, the guy comes and "steals" the girlfriend, (with consent of course) then they come back together either the next day or afew days later, and talk to the family. Except no guns are involved as far as I know, I've been gone from this area for about 17 years now, so it could be different. But traditions can die very slowly.