[jaxie]

The problem Mock isn't paedophile rings in forced marriage. It's parents. My friend was put in that position by her mother and her uncles.

And it really isn't funny. She used to talk of waking in the night with him on her and say when will it end. She hated it. I don't find her suffering funny, or the fact that this is still happening to other girls to the point where they are advised to hide spoons in their underwear at school if being taken on flights to be married, more than 25 years later. Though the reality in many cases is they don't even know until they get there.

[Merry Mockmas]

Originally Posted by jaxie

The problem Mock isn't paedophile rings in forced marriage. It's parents. My friend was put in that position by her mother and her uncles.

And it really isn't funny. She used to talk of waking in the night with him on her and say when will it end. She hated it. I don't find her suffering funny, or the fact that this is still happening to other girls to the point where they are advised to hide spoons in their underwear at school if being taken on flights to be married, more than 25 years later. Though the reality in many cases is they don't even know until they get there.

I do wonder why parents would want their Daughter to go through that? Because no decent parents would put their child through such a traumatic situation.

And I'm sorry about your friend Jaxie, how did she escape the guy's clutches if you don't mind me asking?

[jaxie]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

I do wonder why parents would want their Daughter to go through that? Because no decent parents would put their child through such a traumatic situation.

And I'm sorry about your friend Jaxie, how did she escape the guy's clutches if you don't mind me asking?

I don't understand why parents would do it either. It seems mostly to be religious/cultural but in the case of my friend I suspect money may have been involved for the men getting to the UK. I have no proof of that just hints from things that were said at the time. My friend and her sister were the sacrifice for the family to cash in.

She disappeared from our estate about a year later, just after the same thing happened to her 13 year old sister. I don't know why but maybe with the second girl social services got a sniff. I only saw her again the once when we were both about 22 by chance at a station in London. She had 6 children by 22 and had put on a lot of weight. The man had long since abandoned her much to her relief. She looked 40.

[Merry Mockmas]

Originally Posted by jaxie

I don't understand why parents would do it either. It seems mostly to be religious/cultural but in the case of my friend I suspect money may have been involved for the men getting to the UK. I have no proof of that just hints from things that were said at the time. My friend and her sister were the sacrifice for the family to cash in.

She disappeared from our estate about a year later, just after the same thing happened to her 13 year old sister. I don't know why but maybe with the second girl social services got a sniff. I only saw her again the once when we were both about 22 by chance at a station in London. She had 6 children by 22 and had put on a lot of weight. The man had long since abandoned her much to her relief. She looked 40.

Well at least your friend is safe and sound and not in that horrible situation.

And how terrible of the family to favour money over their own child.