Wino Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 Talk about robbing the cradle! This girl could be his great-grandchild. MOGADISHU, Somalia – A Somali man who claims to be a centenarian has married a 17-year old girl. Ahmed Mohamed Dhore celebrated his marriage to Safiya Abdulle late Tuesday in central Somalia before hundreds of guests. Somali adolescent girls are often married off to older men. But it is rare for a man as old as Dhore to marry a girl of Abdulle's age. Dhore says he wanted to marry Abdulle for a long time but waited for her to grow up. He says his children and two other wives agreed to the marriage, as did Abdulle's parents. Dhore claims to be more than 100, but there is no way to verify the claim. This marriage was his 6th; three of Dhore's wives have died. Polygamy is widely practiced in predominantly Muslim Somalia. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091029/ap_on_re_af/af_somalia_rare_marriage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finebyme Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 Might this add proof to the saying that age doesn't matter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eleothegreat Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 They don't have birth certificates in Somalia? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lvdkeyes Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 They are lucky to have basic needs in Somalia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 Rather gross to me....any 17-year-old with anybody about 100 years old. And the old geezer states he's been wanting to marry her for a long time but he thought he ought to wait until she grows up? How thoughtful of the old prune. (Hell, he was 83 when she was born!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WannaGo Posted November 3, 2009 Report Share Posted November 3, 2009 (Hell, he was 83 when she was born!) That's a good way to put it in perspective...shows just how creepy this marriage is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eleothegreat Posted November 3, 2009 Report Share Posted November 3, 2009 I thought my boyfriend and I had a long age gap already (8 years). And they're what, 83 years apart? Heck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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