10 Jul 71-Year-Old Woman Marries Her 16-Year-Old Boy Toy In Indonesia

How big of an age gap is too big in a relationship? Does 55 years cross the line? Well, not for 16-year-old Selamat Riayadi and his bride, a 71-year-old woman known only as Rohaya in their home village of Karang Endah in South Sumatra, Indonesia. The couple recently celebrated their marriage in front of a crowd, despite protests from both their families and the government.

Rohaya is twice widowed, which meant that the couple needed to ask for permission to be wed. As it is tradition, they asked the owner of the home in which they were to be wed, a community leader named Kuswoyo. Kuswoyo granted them permission after the couple reportedly threaten to kill themselves if they were not allowed to wed. He reported to local media that: “They said they wanted to commit suicide because they were completely in love, so if one of them dies, then both must die.”

Though reportedly “completely in love”, the couples motivations to marry have been brought into question. While initially suspected to be an act related to finances, that idea has been disregarded due to the fact that both the groom and the bride are supposedly equally impoverished. Selamat’s family payed a dowry of 200,000 Indonesian Rupiah to his bride’s family, the equivalent of about £11.50. Regardless, one cannot help but question how desired the marriage was, after seeing what their wedding ceremony looked like.

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