Talk:Teenage marriage

editing this page
This page is too objective and should be checked. Look at this comment:. "Our culture is obsessed with happy endings and believes that getting married can fix anything. Just look at "reality" shows like The Bachelor and Joe Millionaire and movies like Maid in Manhattan and Just Married. Their message is that getting married turn’s life into a fairy tale which is dangerous because fairy tales have nothing to do with reality. The fact is that most teen relationships, even the strongest ones usually end. In fact, people have all different kinds of ways of making a lifetime commitment to each other." This is an opinion, not a fact. And it shouldn't be on this page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.82.162.148 (talk) 05:17, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

I think you mean it is too subjective. I agree.Paulcaira (talk) 17:22, 3 May 2015 (UTC)

For Alaska, it says if the applicant is over 34, they need parental consent. I'm pretty sure this is not the case. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.113.187.196 (talk) 19:43, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

Before the Teenager
According to James May's 20th Century 24 - Episode 5 - Inventing The Teenager he say's "In 1900, there were... no teenagers." Shouldn't this be noted or discussed? Faro0485 (talk) 12:19, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

Results and Consequences Section
Please be careful to keep an encyclopedic tone in mind when writing. I personally think much of this section is pretty questionable. I also just removed a number of sentences which seemed more blatant violations of WP:TONE, although if anybody has any objections to my deletions please state them here (or re-add them and we can discuss -- certainly within anybody's rights, hehe). Thanks! ɠǀɳ̩ςεΝɡ bomb  06:49, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Frankly, these issues extend well beyond the above-referenced section. Article needs to be gone through with an eye towards tone cleanup and consistency. I will try and do some of this today and tomorrow, but welcome any discussion here. ɠǀɳ̩ςεΝɡ  bomb  06:55, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

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Merge with child marriage
We should merge the article teen marriage with the article child marriage, do you agree? Andreas Mamoukas (talk) 16:55, 3 February 2017 (UTC)


 * Um, no. They are not the same thing. And unless you have WP:Reliable sources showing that they are, you should not be equating them. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 18:41, 3 February 2017 (UTC)


 * I believed that teen marriage can be between a teenager and a non-teenager, if that's wrong then I was wrong, I reverted the image addition. Andreas Mamoukas (talk) 18:39, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

Recent image addition
Like I recently noted on my talk page, I reverted Andreas Mamoukas on this image addition because the image caption states, "Princess Emilia of Saxony in 1533, at age 16 married George the Pious, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, then aged 48 years." That is not a teen marriage. Teenage marriage is marriage between teenagers; it is not marriage between a teenager and a 48-year-old man. Andreas Mamoukas re-added the image. The image is inappropriate and should be removed. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 18:43, 3 February 2017 (UTC)

Note: I have alerted the associated WikiProjects (ones seen at the top of this talk page and at the top of the Child marriage talk page) to this discussion. Hopefully, some of those editors weigh in. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 21:47, 3 February 2017 (UTC)


 * I believed that teen marriage is any marriage where at least one teenage person is involved, which can include marriages between a teenager and a non-teenager. I have reverted the image addition. But we need to find another image. Andreas Mamoukas (talk) 18:41, 4 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Your beliefs, unfortunately, are insufficient for our purposes of verification. What is incumbent on anyone who wishes to make changes of this sort is to follow WP:BURDEN, and to provide sources which unambiguously support the position or contention made. John Carter (talk) 20:12, 6 February 2017 (UTC)

Is teen marriage only between two teenagers?
Is the expression "teen marriage" only used for marriage between two teenage persons, or can the same expression be used to refer to marriage where one person is a teenager and the other person is not a teenager? Can someone help me understand and show me sources of what definition is the correct one? Andreas Mamoukas (talk) 18:39, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

Do you agree with this addition to clear up the misunderstanding of the English meaning of the expressions?
Hopefully this addition clears up the misunderstanding of the English meaning of the expressions. Do you agree? ""Teen marriage" in English means a marriage where both partners are teenagers, not a marriage between a teenager and a non-teenager. In contrast, the expression "child marriage" in English means a marriage in which at least one partner is a minor." Andreas Mamoukas (talk) 19:04, 4 February 2017 (UTC)
 * What sources are you proposing for the material above? I note that this page, in items 6 and 7, there is material specifically related to this particular topic, but I don't know how reliable it might be. John Carter (talk) 20:38, 6 February 2017 (UTC)


 * teen marriage is largely unnreconized [sic] or illegal in most countries


 * Marriage between individuals of 16 years is still extremely legal in Scotland and other parts of the civilised world.


 * Nuttyskin (talk) 23:34, 4 April 2019 (UTC)