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Do you care if family members younger than you get married before you? My cousin just got engaged, and she's a few years younger than me. I guess it is a little weird to think she'll be married before me, but I'm not bothered by it. I like to think things happen in their own time, so I try not to let what other people do, bother me. I'm the oldest of the grandkids though, so I'm sure they thought I would be married by now lol But anyway, have you gone through this? Do you care?
 

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    Do you care if family members younger than you get married before you? My cousin just got engaged, and she's a few years younger than me. I guess it is a little weird to think she'll be married before me, but I'm not bothered by it. I like to think things happen in their own time, so I try not to let what other people do, bother me. I'm the oldest of the grandkids though, so I'm sure they thought I would be married by now lol But anyway, have you gone through this? Do you care?
    I thought someone was bringing some incest to the board at first.

    I don‘t care when anyone gets married relative to me but it does serve as a reminder that time is ticking. The benefit I have as a man is that I can reproduce up until my 60’s. You ladies have a biological clock so when you’re like 35/36 and your 22 year old niece is getting married I see how that shit could sting.
     

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    I have a few people in my family who have gotten engaged or married already and they are younger than me. The youngest being 22 and married, she is expecting her first child. She married a man (Italian, he immigrated to the US when he was 13) who is 10 years older but has his own business and refuses to let her work. She loves it. I told her she better be careful she doesn't gain mad weight from it. lol I am a bit jealous she is getting to start out that young and not having to worry about work but I am happy for her.
     

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    Personally, I have a lot of younger family members but none of them have gotten married yet. I'm not married, but if a younger family member was to get married before me, I wouldn't have any issues with it. Some people find their special someone before others do. If a younger family member does happen to get married before me, I won't be jealous or upset in any way, I'll be happy for them and support them every step of the way.
     

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    I feel like this is a societal pressure that we shouldn't pay much attention to. Marry young and have kids young, yeah it has benefits but most people can't afford to do it propper. If I were to marry my first BF and we had kids, we'd be broke and not able to keep them in a good spot or give them good education. I'd rather have kids in my mid 30s when I have more of a foundation for them.
     

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    I feel like this is a societal pressure that we shouldn't pay much attention to. Marry young and have kids young, yeah it has benefits but most people can't afford to do it propper. If I were to marry my first BF and we had kids, we'd be broke and not able to keep them in a good spot or give them good education. I'd rather have kids in my mid 30s when I have more of a foundation for them.
    Seriously, it's why we see a lot of kids gets all manner of maltreatment simply because their parents can't really take good care of them.
     

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    Seriously, it's why we see a lot of kids gets all manner of maltreatment simply because their parents can't really take good care of them.
    I always hear stories of abuse too because the parents don't stay together so the kids end up getting abused by the new partners coming and going. It is just honestly sad. We have ways around pregnancy, use them! Don't have children at a young age. It is just too damn hard.
     

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    I always hear stories of abuse too because the parents don't stay together so the kids end up getting abused by the new partners coming and going. It is just honestly sad. We have ways around pregnancy, use them! Don't have children at a young age. It is just too damn hard.
    It's why we get to see a lot of kids end up in the system today and right into foster homes. The lucky one's get picked up by families that's going to take good care of them while the unlucky ones get all manner of sticks.
     

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    It's why we get to see a lot of kids end up in the system today and right into foster homes. The lucky one's get picked up by families that's going to take good care of them while the unlucky ones get all manner of sticks.
    There need to be more incentives for families to adopt, especially black families. I am fine with white couples taking in black children but most of them do not teach them the truth about people or this country and it hurts them in the long run. They end up becoming coons.
     

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    There need to be more incentives for families to adopt, especially black families. I am fine with white couples taking in black children but most of them do not teach them the truth about people or this country and it hurts them in the long run. They end up becoming coons.
    In such kind of situations, those kids don't have anyway to get out of such chains if I may use that description because what they learn is at the mercy of the white family that adopted them.
     

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    Do you care if family members younger than you get married before you? My cousin just got engaged, and she's a few years younger than me. I guess it is a little weird to think she'll be married before me, but I'm not bothered by it. I like to think things happen in their own time, so I try not to let what other people do, bother me. I'm the oldest of the grandkids though, so I'm sure they thought I would be married by now lol But anyway, have you gone through this? Do you care?
    Can't say that I've experienced that. I can say that whoever the family members are, they all know they could count on me for advice, support & most of all, love.
    I've only had my BFF marry before me & a few other friends.
    Even have two classmate friends that became pregnant & we're ALL 60+, miracles for sure!
     

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    In such kind of situations, those kids don't have anyway to get out of such chains if I may use that description because what they learn is at the mercy of the white family that adopted them.
    Maybe having some sort of black lead group to help them before adopting black children would help. But who knows. There are just too many children that need homes these days. It is sad to see them get stuck in homes and foster care for years, or their whole life.
     

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    Maybe having some sort of black lead group to help them before adopting black children would help. But who knows. There are just too many children that need homes these days. It is sad to see them get stuck in homes and foster care for years, or their whole life.
    I remember when family members NEVER allowed that to happen! It makes me angry to see these other races adopt our children, just for financial gain & abusing them! I'm hell bent on that! THEY DON'T KNOW OUR CULTURE & don't give a damn! 💯
     

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    Maybe having some sort of black lead group to help them before adopting black children would help. But who knows. There are just too many children that need homes these days. It is sad to see them get stuck in homes and foster care for years, or their whole life.
    Seriously, it's really that bad and it's getting out of hand as the day goes by. There was a rape case of a 13 years old in my neighborhood yesterday by a 33 years old man. She was in foster care and that's how her life has been ruined.
     

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    Seriously, it's really that bad and it's getting out of hand as the day goes by. There was a rape case of a 13 years old in my neighborhood yesterday by a 33 years old man. She was in foster care and that's how her life has been ruined.
    The foster care system is filled with people who abuse children. It is quite sad. I think this is down to people only doing it to get money from the state. Their heart is not in the right place from the start.
     

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    The foster care system is filled with people who abuse children. It is quite sad. I think this is down to people only doing it to get money from the state. Their heart is not in the right place from the start.
    The sad thing is that they know very that these kids need nothing but a home and comfort but they keep adding salt to their injuries.
     

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    The sad thing is that they know very that these kids need nothing but a home and comfort but they keep adding salt to their injuries.
    I have considered adopting or doing foster care myself. Just to take some kids out of the system. If for some reason I can't have any, I will do one or the other for sure. Just having someone care for them is enough to help them heal.
     
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    I worked indirectly in the foster care system as an intake specialist and then a shelter coordinator at this non profit emergency shelter for teens. IT was rough hearing these stories. Almost all the kids who came through there were hypersexual due to grooming and/or sexual abuse by foster families or biological family members...not to mention the lgbtqy grooming that goes on. ITs almost impossible for a kid to grow up to be a high functioning citizen once the system gets a hold of them.

    also, I agree with Rollie Forbes, I wasn't sure what to expect with this headline I was ready to talk about my step sister who married my cousin and all the blowback from that. I wouldn't advise anyone I care about to get married. That's a decision they gotta make on their own, but I would refer them to Jason Black to learn about power dynamics to keep them from making the same mistakes that I made before i got married (and now divorced).
     

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    I have considered adopting or doing foster care myself. Just to take some kids out of the system. If for some reason I can't have any, I will do one or the other for sure. Just having someone care for them is enough to help them heal.
    Seriously, this your thoughts is what humanity is all about and should have been because we are so hurt that we need the kindness to be able to recover. I hope you get to do that someday.