Tired of your daughter? Marry her off... ONLINE!!

[CrossLOPER]

http://www.marryourdaughter.com/

[lars573]

They are all under 18, givez me teh creepz. :hide:

[Adrian II]

This is a joke, right? :yes:


Kristin has a wild streak. She likes parties and has spent more time with boys than we’d have liked her to. We had a family talk and decided that it was time she settled down with a man who could meet her needs and help her fulfill her dreams of being an actor or singer. She’s a bit fiery but worth it.
Bride Price: $49,995

[Csargo]

Testimonials I've already seen the site I got a good laugh.

"Thank God for your site! Our daughter was really nervous walking down the aisle, but she seems okay now and the money we got let us keep our farm and even add on a few acres."

—Mrs. Addrien L.


"At first we were worried that Janine was too young to get married, but then her new husband bought her a house and a car and jewelry and the money we got let us buy a house for ourselves. Getting out of the trailer park at our age was the best thing that ever happened to us, and it’s all thanks to Marry Our Daughter!"

—Mr. Jack M.


“I was SO scared getting married so young, but my husband is an okay guy and I am SO proud that because of me my parents were able to get their first brand-new car and take the trip they always wanted to. I couldn’t have done it without your site!"

—Katrina K., married at 14


“Our 15 year old daughter Mary wasn’t very popular and did nothing but mope around the house bringing everybody down, so we decided to marry her off through your site. Now our house is a lot cheerier and we love our new swimming pool and Jaccuzi! We’ve told our youngest that when she turns 15 we’re going to marry her off too!"

—Mrs. James P.


“My mother thought I was getting ‘too frisky” and that I had to get married right away before I lost my purity to some high school boy. Marry Our Daughter found me a husband and my parents were able to keep their house and pay off my mother’s medical bills. I was so glad I could help them, and being married at my age (I'm 16 now) has a lot of advantages, like my own credit card!"

—Nancy A.

[Lemur]

It has to be a joke. But of course, there are just enough weird people in this world that it makes you think twice.

[Boyar Son]

Well if all else fails.....

[Adrian II]

It has to be a joke. But of course, there are just enough weird people in this world that it makes you think twice.Of course, Lemur. But Jesus, what kind of ticket is this?


Olivia lived among the finer things in life until her family found themselves in diminished circumstances. She is looking for a husband that can not only get her back to where she was but help out those she loves as well.This family clearly won't stop at 42.000 dollar, you'll be paying till your dying day to raise them out of the mess they got themselves into.

Or the other one, which is just a step removed from a brothel ad:


Kimberly was raised from birth knowing that her place in life was to be a good wife and mother and she might as well get started on that now. She knows God put her on Earth to serve her husband like it says in the Bible and we’ve made sure she knows exactly how to do that.Need any more pointers to Dad's incestuous credentials?

God's will, eh? :wall:

[Lemur]

Whois points to an anonymous domain registration service. Dang it! I want to be 100% sure this is a joke ...

[Husar]

Are you afraid to give them your credit card info if it's a joke? :sweatdrop: ~;)

I couldn't find one that I could afford, apparently they're not into poor students.:shrug:

[Proletariat]

Kyra A.
Age: 14 ½,
Location: Southeast

Ashlee R.
Age: 15,
Location: Midwest

Kristin J.
Age: 16,
Location: South

Makayla S.
Age: 15,
Location: Midwest

Gabriella M.
Age: 17,
Location: Southeast


Hrm, strong representation from the south/midwest here.

:7cowgirl: :7cowboy: :rolleyes3: :7gardener: :goofy:

[Husar]

Hrm, strong representation from the south/midwest here.
I noticed you're not in there, don't your parents love you?

[Proletariat]

Guess not. I'm about 10-12 years older than my potential competitors on there, anyway.

:no:

[Caius]

How can decide the whole life of the girl?

[Crazed Rabbit]

I think it's fake.

Seems like it popped up recently, but testimonials are 'older' than the site - if you get my meaning.

Also: http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/weblog/permalink/marry_our_daughter/

CR

[HoreTore]

How can decide the whole life of the girl?

It's very easy. You see, we are men. Women are not men. Clearly this means that the sole purpose of women, is to please us, the men. However, it's not our purpose to please the women, so why should we care about what they think? And they are weak and mentally unstable compared to us anyway.

[Csargo]

It's very easy. You see, we are men. Women are men. Clearly this means that the sole purpose of women, is to please us, the men. However, it's not our purpose to please the women, so why should we care about what they think? And they are weak and mentally unstable compared to us anyway.
:sweatdrop:

[Husar]

Guess not. I'm about 10-12 years older than my potential competitors on there, anyway.

:no:
You just have to be cheap enough.

[seireikhaan]

Personally, I'm appalled at this. The site doesn't even offer a bundling package! What if a family wants to buy a three pack? Or a six pack?:beam:

[Caius]

It's very easy. You see, we are men. Women are not men. Clearly this means that the sole purpose of women, is to please us, the men. However, it's not our purpose to please the women, so why should we care about what they think? And they are weak and mentally unstable compared to us anyway.
I mean, its legaly the slavement of woman?

:P

[CrossLOPER]

I mean, its legaly the slavement of woman?

:P
It's not really enslavement. You'd think that a seventeen year old would go above 4000 USD.

[KukriKhan]

While we're all yukking it up over the foolishness of CrossLOPER's found site (which is fine)...

Let us remember that in Org-land females are humans, not for sale, and a "group", protected under the 'anti-group-bashing' rules here in the Backroom.

Alleged men allegedly offering alleged girls/women over the alleged internet - probably not equally protected. :)

And welcome back AdrianII, we've missed you and your keen insight. :bow:

[CrossLOPER]

Let us remember that in Org-land females are humans, not for sale, and a "group", protected under the 'anti-group-bashing' rules here in the Backroom.
....OK.... so what exactly did you see that prompted you to post this?

Oh, and it is alleged men AND women allegedly selling younger women on the internet.

[Papewaio]

HoreTore's tongue in cheek comment which unless understood as such would come across as highly offensive...

[Hepcat]

Is this legal? Of course. As the site points out, "Within the United States girls can marry as young as 13 years old with parental permission, and the Bride Price is a custom of long standing, mentioned many times in the Bible, and as such is a protected religious practice."

I find that rather disturbing about the USA. Here the legal age for a girl to be able to be married WITH her parent's permission is 16. It was changed from 12 to 16 in the late 1800s, so why does the USA still have a low legal marrying age?

[Shaka_Khan]

Guess not. I'm about 10-12 years older than my potential competitors on there, anyway.

:no:
That still makes you to be a quite young lady.

[Sigurd]

Wait…

So it is lawful to marry off your daughter when she is 13?
How does this apply to the sexual consent age laws in the US?
I know they range from 16 to 18 in the different states and if it happens to a minor (under the state consent age) it is statutory rape.

If this is a circumvention of the sexual consent laws… you guys should really do something about it. This is just not right. :whip:

For the record, no state in the US has a consent age lower than 16. That goes for the south-western, Midwest and southern states as well.

[naut]

Sigurd's point is an intriguing one; would marriage be a viable bypass?

[Adrian II]

I think it's fake.

Seems like it popped up recently, but testimonials are 'older' than the site - if you get my meaning.

Also: http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/weblog/permalink/marry_our_daughter/

CRThat's a relief, of sorts. The fact that the site is registered anonymously through proxy doesn't reassure me. It could simply be a move to escape prosecution.

On the other hand: if it is a prank, it is extremely well made. I believe that the texts reflect exactly the kind of twisted reasoning (not to mention the kind of twisted lives) of the rare religious nutters who would be capable of this sort of thing.

[naut]

Re-reading over it it sounds scarily realistic.

[Husar]

Has anyone of you tried signing up your own daughter yet?
Would be one way to find out.:smash:

[sapi]

That will entail a 6-8week wait (says scam to me right there :grin2:)

The other option, of course, is bidding...I'll take a look :laugh4:

EDIT: Hmm, 6-8weeks for a proposal, too ~:)

[Lemur]

I think the site is a joke, and it's a testament to its brilliance that we're running around, flapping our wings, trying to figure out if it's for real.

Well played, anonymous webmaster. Well played.

[Husar]

Well played, anonymous webmaster. Well played.
You know you just want to believe that...

[CrossLOPER]

HoreTore's tongue in cheek comment which unless understood as such would come across as highly offensive...
Except we all know HoreTore. :beam:

[lars573]

Wait…

So it is lawful to marry off your daughter when she is 13?
How does this apply to the sexual consent age laws in the US?
I know they range from 16 to 18 in the different states and if it happens to a minor (under the state consent age) it is statutory rape.

If this is a circumvention of the sexual consent laws… you guys should really do something about it. This is just not right. :whip:

For the record, no state in the US has a consent age lower than 16. That goes for the south-western, Midwest and southern states as well.
The parents are the key here. You see it's them you have to bring the rape charges. And it's them who have to give permission to let the girl marry.

[Del Arroyo]

I don't think the site is real, but there's nothing wrong with it. It is realistic.

[CrossLOPER]

I don't think the site is real, but there's nothing wrong with it. It is realistic.
Marrying off underage girls to people with unknown intentions for prices less than a shoddy car is OK with you?

[Kralizec]

I think the site is a joke, and it's a testament to its brilliance that we're running around, flapping our wings, trying to figure out if it's for real.

Well played, anonymous webmaster. Well played.

Frankly I'm surprised anybody here thinks it might be real.

If it was real, don't you think there would be more entries than that?

[Del Arroyo]

It's marriage not slavery I would imagine in most of those cases the groom would get the worse end of the deal in the long run.

The biggest problem with marrying so young is the fact that most of the girls would not have completed what is considered a basic level of schooling. In sectors of society where a 4-year degree is considered a minimum, marriage is problematic before age 21 or 22.

Considering that the original intention of marriage was to provide a safe social framework for the practice of sex and its inevitable consequences, and considering that most girls are pretty horny by about age 16, it certainly does make sense that girls used to marry that young. In our current society it is socially problematic.

[Husar]

If it was real, don't you think there would be more entries than that?
No, why? There are enough and not everybody knows the site.
That's why we have to spread the link to get some cheaper girls on and maybe allow them to expand to Europe.

[Lemur]

Apparently somebody was upset enough to file an FBI report. Check it out:


https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/Lemurmania/1326103520_45fda69bf0.jpg

[Csargo]

You filed a complaint Lemur? lolz?

[Lemur]

In my defense, everybody knows I use Firefox. That screengrab is clearly from a Safari user. (Sheesh, know your browsers.) My complaint was filed with Interpol.

[Csargo]

:grin:

[Lemur]

I am an idiot. I just looked at the screen grab again. It is Firefox, but it's running on OS X, so it looks different. My bad. (I'm doing really poorly in accuracy lately. Loads of little mistakes. Don't know what my problem is.)

[Csargo]

:laugh4:

[Husar]

I am an idiot. I just looked at the screen grab again. It is Firefox, but it's running on OS X, so it looks different.
I noticed that.



My bad. (I'm doing really poorly in accuracy lately. Loads of little mistakes. Don't know what my problem is.)
There's something in the air, I make a lot more spelling mistakes lately, maybe deep inside we feel the upcoming octosquid invasion? Or maybe aliens scanning our brains? Where was my tinfoil hat again?:sweatdrop:

[Adrian II]

There's something in the air, I make a lot more spelling mistakes lately, maybe deep inside we feel the upcoming octosquid invasion? Or maybe aliens scanning our brains?It's the girls on that auction site. They sent your imagination into overdrive, Husar. You have been counting your savings, calling your financial adviser at the local bank... admit it. Do you want the 'good girl' who has been trained as a homemaker? The strawberry blond who is a bit 'fiery' and needs taming? The farm girl who wants to discover city life at your side?
Dont panic, my friend, Banquo's Ghost and I are willing to sacrifice some of our precious time and test the wares for you. :sneaky:

[Husar]

It's the girls on that auction site. They sent your imagination into overdrive, Husar. You have been counting your savings, calling your financial adviser at the local bank... admit it. Do you want the 'good girl' who has been trained as a homemaker? The strawberry blond who is a bit 'fiery' and needs taming? The farm girl who wants to discover city life at your side?
Dont panic, my friend, Banquo's Ghost and I are willing to sacrifice some of our precious time and test the wares for you. :sneaky:
You haven't been to the Family Photo albums thread in the Frontroom lately, have you? If you had, you'd know that I don't care **** about them girls on that page.:2thumbsup:

You might also be proud because I sort of followed your earlier advice.:yes:

This page here is just too good not to be true. We need more pages of that kind, I mean you can just sell your annoying daughter and even make money with it, you don't have the same luxury when bringing your trash out.

[Adrian II]

You haven't been to the Family Photo albums thread in the Frontroom lately, have you?Ah, but I have now, and I see what you mean my friend. Now that's PROGRESS. I hope you two can work it out. :2thumbsup: :balloon2:

[Kralizec]

Hehe, take a look at the page source.

[naut]

What about it Kralizec?

[Kralizec]

Look at the bottom...presumably this was to get google's attention:
arranged
Russian
Philippines
mail-order
bride
matchmaker
forced
child
escort
sell
teen
sexy
wife
toy
buy
money
sold
traditionally
tradition
history
marry
obedient
price
parent
young
single
own
horror
American
husband
hot
blonde
brunette
redhead
13
14
15
16
17
save
stop
teenage
delinquent
juvenile
family
money
need
foreclosure
losing
escort
looking
shopping
child
diet
"weight loss"
slimming
nutritious

It smells like a scam rather than a joke.

[CrossLOPER]

"nutritious".... Interesting.

[Husar]

Look at the bottom...presumably this was to get google's attention:
arranged
Russian
Philippines
mail-order
bride
matchmaker
forced
child
escort
sell
teen
sexy
wife
toy
buy
money
sold
traditionally
tradition
history
marry
obedient
price
parent
young
single
own
horror
American
husband
hot
blonde
brunette
redhead
13
14
15
16
17
save
stop
teenage
delinquent
juvenile
family
money
need
foreclosure
losing
escort
looking
shopping
child
diet
"weight loss"
slimming
nutritious

It smells like a scam rather than a joke.

Well, it wouldn't be the only site to get google's attention in such a way I guess.

Noone ordered Ashlee yet?

[CrossLOPER]

Noone ordered Ashlee yet?
...:inquisitive: She's all yours man. Tell us how it goes.

[Husar]

...:inquisitive: She's all yours man. Tell us how it goes.
1. I already explained I don't want her or any of the others

2. Too expensive for a 15 year-old girl

3. I wouldn't buy the girl in a sack, you know, haven't seen any return policy so far

I thought some of the guys who wanted to verify the site and are very childfriendly might want to order her.:sweatdrop:

[InsaneApache]

Do they do ex-wives? :inquisitive: :oops: :laugh4:

[Major Robert Dump]

Its not real. The testimonials are too corny, particularly the one about the trailer park.

[macsen rufus]

I really, really hope someone is having a laugh behind all this, otherwise the "yuk" factor is sky-high. Especially where so many seem to be bible-toting fruitbats who've obviously just run out of eligible cousins. Of course it could all be pitched to make all the "Gorgeous Russian women" Adword placements look more appealing... or more darkly it could be some sort of portal leading into a paedo ring.


Sarah calls herself a Goth but we insisted she not dress in black for this photo. She reads and writes a lot of depressing poetry and it takes a lot to get her nose out of a book. She says she’s an Old Soul in a new young body and she’s already been married lots of times and she might die again tomorrow so why wait?

I mean, how can you resist? :laugh4:


EDIT: http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/marryourdaughter.asp Seems it is a joke, but with a serious purpose, see the last paragraph.

[Lemur]

Discussion with the guy who made the site, John Ordover (http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/09/11/please-dont-marry-our-daughters/index.html).

Please Don’t Marry Our Daughters

The parents of 15-year-old Rachel M. say that “being married is the only career” their daughter is interested in. They are seeking a man willing to pay $19,995 for her hand in marriage.

Kristin J., 16, has a wild streak but recently decided “it was time she settled down with a man who could meet her needs and help her fulfill her dreams of being an actor or singer.” Her parents are trying to sell their “fiery” daughter into matrimony for $49,995.

Or so go the personal ad listings on MarryOurDaughter.com, an outrageous Web site that purports to blithely sell underage girls to older husbands for large dowries.

The site is a prank. Thank goodness.

But not everyone is in on the joke. The site has gotten 20 million page views in the last two weeks and now elicits around a thousand, mostly angry, emails a day. In the last few days, the site’s “publicity director” has also appeared on at least half a dozen talk radio shows around the country, including on Las Vegas (MIX-FM), Houston (KRBE-FM) and Philadelphia (WYSP-FM) and mixed it up with belligerent on-air-personalities and hostile listeners, whom he neglected to let in on the ruse.

“People get angry so fast they don’t stop to question whether its real,” says the creator of MarryOurDaughter.com, John Ordover, who masqueraded as the site’s fictional publicity director, the unlikely surnamed Roger Mandervan.

Mr. Ordover is a science-fiction editor with a prankish history and an interest in urban nudism.

Contacted through MarryOurDaughter this morning, Mr. Ordover quickly conceded the page was a parody aimed at drawing attention to inconsistencies in state marriage laws. States consider it a crime for adults to have sex with minors, but they allow kids as young as 12 to get married with parental and sometime judicial permission.

“As far as I can tell, in every state but Oregon, parents can marry off their children,” Mr. Ordover said, pointing to this Cornell University Web site which tracks the various state marriage laws. Texas has a particularly ridiculous legal discrepancy, he says. Kids as young as 14 need parental permission to get married – unless, the law says, they have already been married before.

Mr. Ordover is no stranger to controversy, or to media attention. Mr. Ordover runs events for nudists and recently organized a Sheepshead Bay nude cruise, covered by the Times in July.

In 2000, he was also the co-creator of the now defunct humor site Technicalvirgin.com, in which a young actress described the creative ways in which she maintained her honor. Last year, when those videos enjoyed a resurgence on YouTube the actress who appeared in them, Melanie Martinez, was fired from a job hosting “The Good Night Show” on the PBS KIDS Sprout network – another Mr. Ordover-inspired saga covered by the paper.

Mr. Ordover was planning on coming clean next week as the creator of the site and has a full slate of radio interviews scheduled this week. He said he avoided spinning his fiction to print journalists who might get fired for falling for the scheme, but reasoned that radio shock jocks had looser leashes.

“We were trying to get people a little stirred up about this,” Mr. Ordover said.