# but she's young enough to be your great-great-grand-daughter **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [October 29, 2009, 10:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/but-shes-young-enough-to-be-your-great-great-grand-daughter/75482 "2009-10-29T10:20:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 10:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/but-shes-young-enough-to-be-your-great-great-grand-daughter/75482/1 "2009-10-29T10:20:48Z")
:pedo: > **Somali man, ‘112’, weds girl, 17** > ![http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/46634000/jpg/_46634932_couple226282.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/6/1/61f5a687ec50a4fc6e78555238e646ba63e10bee.jpeg) > **Hundreds of people have attended a wedding in central Somalia between a man who says he is 112 years old, and his teenage wife.** > Ahmed Muhamed Dore - who already has 13 children by five wives - said he would like to have more with his new wife, Safia Abdulleh, who is 17 years old. > “Today God helped me realise my dream,” Mr Dore said, after the wedding in the region of Galguduud. > The bride’s family said she was “happy with her new husband”. > Mr Dore said he and his bride - who is young enough to be his great-great-grand-daughter - were from the same village in Somalia and that he had waited for her to grow up to propose. > “I didn’t force her, but used my experience to convince her of my love; and then we agreed to marry,” the groom said. > The BBC’s Mohammed Olad Hassan in Mogadishu says the marriage, in the town of Guriceel, is being described by Somali historians as the first of its kind in the Horn of Africa nation for more than a century. > > Our reporter says reaction to news of the marriage has been mixed. > Some people said while it was allowed under Islamic law, they were concerned about the age gap, but others were happy that age was not a barrier to love. > Mr Dore told the BBC he was born in Dhusamareeb in central Somalia in 1897 - and has a traditional birth certificate, written on goat skin by his father. > Our correspondent says he has an interesting history - in 1941 he joined the British colonial forces as a soldier for 10 years and then served as a police officer after Somalia won independence in 1960. > Altogether, Mr Dore has 114 children and grandchildren. His oldest son is 80 years old and three of his wives have died. > He says he hopes his new bride will give him more children. > “It is a blessing to have someone you love to take care of you,” he said. > **[BBC News - Somali man, '112', weds girl, 17](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8331136.stm)** > > Hundreds of people attend a wedding in Somalia between a man who says he is 112, and his teenage wife. ---
**Author:** ![JEG](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jeg/32/7246_2.png) [@JEG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JEG)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 10:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/but-shes-young-enough-to-be-your-great-great-grand-daughter/75482/2 "2009-10-29T10:22:35Z")
bet they all move to the US and get free everything ---
**Author:** ![PureXTC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/purextc/32/5223_2.png) [@PureXTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PureXTC)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 10:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/but-shes-young-enough-to-be-your-great-great-grand-daughter/75482/3 "2009-10-29T10:24:20Z")
I’m surprised Somalia can support a man of that age. ---
**Author:** ![SpenceSpeed](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/spencespeed/32/7355_2.png) [@SpenceSpeed](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SpenceSpeed)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 10:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/but-shes-young-enough-to-be-your-great-great-grand-daughter/75482/4 "2009-10-29T10:34:39Z")
> He says he hopes his new bride will give him more children. Can a dude that old even get a boner? I guess if he is with a 17 year old, then yes. ---
**Author:** ![ILC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilc/32/5337_2.png) [@ILC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILC)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 10:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/but-shes-young-enough-to-be-your-great-great-grand-daughter/75482/5 "2009-10-29T10:36:11Z")
Altogether, Mr Dore has 114 children and grandchildren. His oldest son is 80 years old and three of his wives have died. LOL ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 10:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/but-shes-young-enough-to-be-your-great-great-grand-daughter/75482/6 "2009-10-29T10:37:58Z")
Just livin’ the dream. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 10:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/but-shes-young-enough-to-be-your-great-great-grand-daughter/75482/7 "2009-10-29T10:40:30Z")
Newman should send him that DTF shirt. ---
**Author:** ![FiftyCheven](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fiftycheven/32/4950_2.png) [@FiftyCheven](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FiftyCheven)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 10:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/but-shes-young-enough-to-be-your-great-great-grand-daughter/75482/8 "2009-10-29T10:51:16Z")
> “I didn’t force her, **but** used my experience to convince her of my love; and then we agreed to marry,” the groom said. oh, so he just brain washed her. sweet. ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 10:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/but-shes-young-enough-to-be-your-great-great-grand-daughter/75482/9 "2009-10-29T10:57:25Z")
I believe the proper term is macked some game. ---
**Author:** ![Geehee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geehee/32/7238_2.png) [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 10:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/but-shes-young-enough-to-be-your-great-great-grand-daughter/75482/10 "2009-10-29T10:59:21Z")
she must have epic amounts of daddy issues. ---
**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 11:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/but-shes-young-enough-to-be-your-great-great-grand-daughter/75482/11 "2009-10-29T11:00:01Z")
Damn that guy! He’s taking all the good Somali girls! ---
**Author:** ![JDMSIR](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jdmsir/32/7376_2.png) [@JDMSIR](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JDMSIR)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 12:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/but-shes-young-enough-to-be-your-great-great-grand-daughter/75482/12 "2009-10-29T12:00:10Z")
She looked thrilled. ---
**Author:** ![IanK](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/iank/32/5016_2.png) [@IanK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/IanK)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 12:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/but-shes-young-enough-to-be-your-great-great-grand-daughter/75482/13 "2009-10-29T12:35:41Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > Newman should send him that DTF shirt. haha :tup: ---
**Author:** ![travisn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/travisn/32/5046_2.png) [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 12:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/but-shes-young-enough-to-be-your-great-great-grand-daughter/75482/14 "2009-10-29T12:58:00Z")
has a traditional birth certificate written on goat skin by his father? lol ---
**Author:** ![L8APEX1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/l8apex1/32/7276_2.png) [@L8APEX1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/L8APEX1)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 1:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/but-shes-young-enough-to-be-your-great-great-grand-daughter/75482/15 "2009-10-29T13:51:19Z")
by this guys standards one of my future wives will be born in 2071 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 1:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/but-shes-young-enough-to-be-your-great-great-grand-daughter/75482/16 "2009-10-29T13:53:20Z")
> [@Joe](#): > > I believe the proper term is macked some game. Hell fucking yeah.