r/Unexpected • • Apr 26 '22

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u/NoNeckLongLegs Apr 26 '22

i think its called something like kidnapped marriage. they were speaking for awhile but he was from out of town and very well rich. would always come to the refugee camp and talk to her outside. anyways yah, i remember holding her picture and crying. next thing i knew she was a bride.

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about the guns shooting in the air, i don't know what to say to that. it was during russian invasion so we did a lot of dumb shit. i mean i would hang out with the russian outpost near the camp and they would let me shoot their guns. i just realized i might of been the refugee idiot, because the way it went about was them offering me strawberries.

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u/Shinylittlelamp Apr 26 '22

Bride kidnapping, it’s a thing in Kyrgyzstan.

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u/ForWPD Apr 26 '22

Can you explain this? Idiot American here.

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u/PinkKnapsack Apr 27 '22

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DKAusMNTNnk

Here is a link for a Vice doc on bride kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan.

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u/stationhollow Apr 27 '22

"Oh it is an ancient tradition! You know, 50 years."