Friday, June 13, 2008

Age matters

I've posted previously about 82-year-old Adelfa Volpes marrying a 24-year-old man, but today the BBC reports an Egyptian case where a 92-year-old man has been banned from marrying a 17-year-old girl. The marriage was prohibited under a law which states that the age gap between spouses should not exceed 25 years, designed to prevent wealthy men from the Gulf states seeking poor young Egyptian brides. I suspect that many in the West would be outraged by such a law, but at least the man was spared Adelfa's fate. Perhaps he is now looking for a 67-year-old maiden.
Posted by John Bolch at 7:09 pm
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4 comments:

  1. I have a maiden aunt ( who is actually a bit of an old goat) - do you suppose a match would be in the offing? She does rather tend to put the 'Old' in 'Old Bag'......

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  2. She sounds perfect. Does she speak Arabic?

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  3. No, but I am sure she would be willing to learn given that plain English doesnt make any sense to her anyway...!!

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  4. OK, I'll see if the BBC can introduce them...

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