Age might be “just a number” for some, but that doesn’t make a couple’s situation any less morally right to society. That being said, a California mom was on a Carnival Cruise with her family and dropped quite the bombshell on her niece. The age gap between the mother’s parents is 10 years, but the time the mom and dad got together was 15 and 25, respectively. Needless to say, the surprised niece couldn’t contain her shock, exclaiming, “She was a victim!” as she referred to her great aunt.
Online users were shocked to hear about the age difference between the California mother’s parents. “She has the correct response to that age gap 😭,” remarks a TikTok commenter. “15 vs 25. She was a victim. She’s right,” agreed another. Even if someone wanted to make the argument that 15 is one higher than some States’ age of consent in the US, the 10-year difference with the initial ages when the relationship began still shocked tens of thousands of viewers.
“A 10 year age gap is fine if they met as adults, but if they were 15 and 25? Ew,” comments a Redditor. “That’s wrong on so many levels, and illegal in most places,” adds another. “I love that this young girl immediately calls it out and is disgusted,” chimes in a third. Hundreds more commented in their thoughts of disdain for the concept that a teen girl would date, let alone marry, an adult in his mid-twenties. After all the backlash about the situation, with many calling out the father’s inappropriate decision to get with a 15-year-old, the California woman made a response to her parents’ actions.
The mom called it their “love story” of her parents meeting at work, falling in love, and then getting married. She claims that cultures are different and that even brothers and sisters marry in some places before going on to say that her parents’ story is common among Hispanics and the Latino community. The California woman claims she’s not trying to normalize it, but continued to defend her parents by basically saying it was just something that naturally happened.
The TikTok comment section called her out without hesitation, with one user saying, “just because it’s part of someone’s culture doesn’t mean it’s right, and it’s not bad to point out how wrong or revolting it is. children being given away for marriage is part of many culture’s yet it is still sick and disgusting.” And although the woman’s family or some others might also argue that her parents met “at a different time of history,” many agree that still doesn’t make it right.
