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112 yr old man marries 17 yr old girl
Somali man, 112, marries 17 yr old girl
  
Somali Man, 112, Marries 17-Year-Old Girl
(Oct. 29) - A Somali man who claims to be 112 years old has married for the fifth time, and he hopes to have children with his 17-year-old bride.
Hundreds of people attended the wedding this week in the town of Guriceel in central Somalia, according to reports Thursday by the BBC as well as in The Daily Telegraph and The Guardian newspapers.
"Today God helped me realize my dream," groom Ahmed Muhamed Dore said, according to The Guardian.
The bride, Safia Abdulleh, did not comment, but her family said she was "happy with her new husband" -- even though he is nearly a century her senior.
BBC reporter Mohammed Olad Hassan, who is based in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, said Dore told him he was born in 1897 and he has a traditional birth certificate, written on a goat skin by his father.
Dore has 13 children by his five previous wives. His oldest son is 80. Three of his wives have died, but the remaining two consented to the new wedding, as did the bride's parents and the groom's children.
Altogether, Dore has 114 children and grandchildren.
But he said he hopes to have more children with his new wife, who is young enough to be his great-great-granddaughter.
"It is a blessing to have someone you love to take care of you," he said, according to the BBC.
In 1941, Dore joined the British colonial forces as a solider, where he served for 10 years, the BBC said. After Somalia gained independence in 1960, he became as a police officer.
Although it's not unusual for Somali girls to marry older men, the reports cited historians in the Horn of Africa nation as saying this wedding was the first marriage with such a great age disparity in more than a century.
Dore said he and his bride are from the same village, and he waited for her to grow up.
"I didn't force her, but used my experience to convince her of my love, and then we agreed to marry," he said.
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CrankyPants
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Re: 112 yr old man marries 17 yr old girl
I don't care if I come off as judgmental, that poor girl
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headoverheels
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Re: 112 yr old man marries 17 yr old girl
Posted by CrankyPants
I don't care if I come off as judgmental, that poor girl
oh i totally agree.
and i cannot believe he can still get it up!!
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| Posted 10/29/09 9:45 PM |
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JoesWife628
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Re: 112 yr old man marries 17 yr old girl
ummmmmmmmmmmmm
"Altogether, Dore has 114 children and grandchildren." Yikes....
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| Posted 10/29/09 11:06 PM |
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Re: 112 yr old man marries 17 yr old girl
I thought Anna Nicole was dead
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| Posted 10/29/09 11:09 PM |
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Re: 112 yr old man marries 17 yr old girl
Wow... Almost a century difference in age. I thought DH being 10 years older than me was too much...  
ETa Goatskin birth certificate 
Message edited 10/29/2009 11:14:35 PM.
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8ternity
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Re: 112 yr old man marries 17 yr old girl
She's happy my a$$! Poor girl!
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| Posted 10/30/09 12:20 AM |
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donegal419
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Re: 112 yr old man marries 17 yr old girl
eeeww... he could literally be her great-great-grandfather!
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| Posted 10/30/09 12:22 AM |
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CroatianBride
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Re: 112 yr old man marries 17 yr old girl
Imagine doing it with someone who is 100 years older than you???
I think I just threw up in my mouth 
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| Posted 10/30/09 3:52 PM |
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Xelindrya
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Re: 112 yr old man marries 17 yr old girl
Not to be crude but do you even think he can get her pregnant?
Heck at 17 she's more likely to cheat and get pregnant and pawn it off as his
Frankly... all I can say is yuck.
Not surprised the other wives consented cuase I'm sure they really had a say 
My god he's a pedophile for planning this since she was a baby. "waited for her to grow up" *puke*
Only good news in this story maybe that she'll be a widow before she's 30 for all the right reasons. I know that sounds bad but the alternative is worse I think.
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| Posted 10/30/09 5:39 PM |
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Re: 112 yr old man marries 17 yr old girl
Its official, there is someone worse to date than Hugh Hefner
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| Posted 10/30/09 6:09 PM |
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My4GirlsMyLife
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Re: 112 yr old man marries 17 yr old girl
Posted by headoverheels
Posted by CrankyPants
I don't care if I come off as judgmental, that poor girl
and i cannot believe he can still get it up!!
I was thinking the same thing 
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| Posted 10/30/09 7:12 PM |
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SweetTooth
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Re: 112 yr old man marries 17 yr old girl
Posted by My3girlsMylife
Posted by headoverheels
Posted by CrankyPants
I don't care if I come off as judgmental, that poor girl
and i cannot believe he can still get it up!!
I was thinking the same thing
OMG me too.
At least the poor girl must know she won't have to be married to him for too long. Thats so gross. Ugh.
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MrsScott
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Posted by Xelindrya
Not to be crude but do you even think he can get her pregnant?
Heck at 17 she's more likely to cheat and get pregnant and pawn it off as his
Frankly... all I can say is yuck.
Not surprised the other wives consented cuase I'm sure they really had a say
My god he's a pedophile for planning this since she was a baby. "waited for her to grow up" *puke*
Only good news in this story maybe that she'll be a widow before she's 30 for all the right reasons. I know that sounds bad but the alternative is worse I think.
I'd say she'll be a widow by the time she's 20... How much longer could this guy live???
But what happens to the wives? Can they have a life after their husband dies???? Or are they used goods???
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| Posted 10/31/09 6:18 PM |
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Goldi0218
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Re: 112 yr old man marries 17 yr old girl
Ew.
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| Posted 10/31/09 10:43 PM |
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PaddysGirl
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Re: 112 yr old man marries 17 yr old girl
barf!!!
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