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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 07:58 AM
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25 y.o. Man Marries His 80 y.o. Grandmother
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PANCHPARA, India (Reuters) - A 25-year-old Indian man has married his 80-year-old grandmother because he wanted to take care of her.

"I felt she needed extra care as she is old. I can look after her better as a husband than as a grandson," Narayan Biswas told Reuters.

"As a husband, I am with her all the time, to care for her," said the high school graduate, who farms rice fields and also works as a tutor.

The grandmother, her back bent with age, says she is "happy" with her young husband whom she married in a traditional Hindu ceremony near Panchpara, a village 100 miles west of Calcutta. Her first husband died more than 30 years ago.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=573&e=6&u=/nm/20040319/od_nm/oddindia_marriage_dc
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rooboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 08:00 AM
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1. That's a very sweet story...
as long as he keeps it in his pants. :puke:
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bleedingheart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 08:11 AM
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2. Did you see this one at the end of the article?
"Last June, a nine-year-old Indian girl was married to a dog near Calcutta after a priest told her parents the wedding would ward off evil."

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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 08:19 AM
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3. Yes, but...
...in Australia, do they marry platypuses?
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Tripper11 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 08:26 AM
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4. Or is that platypi???
:7
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 08:27 AM
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5. Platypa perhaps? (nt)
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rooboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 08:50 AM
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7. No..
platypapaya are very reclusive little fellas. Marrying a cattle dog or favorite cow, on the other hand, would be considered socially acceptable.
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no_hypocrisy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 08:34 AM
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6. Guess this marriage would be sanctioned under proposed amendment
to ban gay marriage. And no incest problems to boot as childbearing is not an issue.
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