How did Tyson Fury’s daughter get married at 16?

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I thought they changed the law and you had to be 18 in the UK?

Em the same way that everyone thinks that "caste" is an offensive and old fashioned term.

Of course there are not "classes" of people.

We are all people.

Not everyone is capable of having their chosen career because intelligence is on a spectrum.

That doesn't mean there are no jobs they can do.

I know next to nothing about traveller customs. Do they have arranged marriages? 16 is the age of consent in England so making a relationship official is not such a leap imo. Marriage isnt permanent, unlike for example being a 16 year old mum, which brings far more responsibility.
I find it more difficult to understand the percieved acceptance of girls not needing to pursue an education/ career in their own right., and be dependant on their husband.

No. Its also hugely down to personal circumstances.

A teenage girl from a single parent family , who spends her time looking after her younger siblings,

does not have as much time to study her homework as a teenage girl, with both parents, who is looked after at home.

TBH if you're not a motivated self starter in mine, then don't expect to do well. Them's the breaks.

I was married well under 16, without choice. I dared to divorce. Neither your society or mine treated me well.

IMO when you're 14 or 16 and being pushed towards it, your already operating as an adult but loads of legal restrictions because of your age, so marriage looks like possible freedom, but when you're coming up to 18, and about to be legal for most things, it doesn't look quite the same. Least ways that's what I tell mine, especially the girls.

I'm pro give the chance to grow, and pro education, but we do better doing home education than suffering being at the bottom of the pile with the poor schooling that we're expected to accept, so I'm pro home education.
My point was about the idea that if you don't follow a particular system thjat most think is the right way, you can't get anywhere.
You wont see my culture on trash tv, and we don't want our kids influenced by it or schools laying their ideas of who we are and how we should be.

I was in a relationship with my now-husband when we were 17 and 18 respectively. There is literally a matter of months between us in age. I worked part-time, drove a car etc. certainly didn’t feel like a ‘child sleeping with an adult’ because my boyfriend was a few months older :/ I agree there are big issues with marriage at sixteen but see no problem with a couple being 17 and 18. Common sense surely.

Without sounding vulgar, she got married because she wants to fuck her boyfriend like most 16 year old girls. This is the only way she can without being disinherited

You can leave school at 16 and work full time on the Isle of Man.

Not commenting on rights and wrongs but most of the comments on here are quoting English rules and that isn’t where she is living.

Yeah, 'Nepo baby' and 'Influencer'. You said it.

I come from (among other things) generations of miners. I've known many in my life. None-none- of them would have been proud of someone being an 'influencing nepo baby'. They tried to make sure that their kids would have some kind of chance to do something useful and worthwhile, while escaping the lives of previous generations.

In what universe is 'Nepo baby' worthwhile? Actually, in what universe is her father a really good boxer, but maybe that's for another thread.

Income levels influence educational outcomes. It can be harder to achieve educationally when you have economic or other challenges. However, many young people from poorer backgrounds obtain qualifications and skills that help them to progress.
I do not know why income influencing educational opportunities is in any way an argument to suggest that limiting post-primary education is a good idea. Surely, it suggests we should look st strategies to improve the educational outcomes of children from poorer backgrounds.

The Isle of Man sounds like an interesting place! I was looking up things about it. So its not in the U.K or the E.U.

I think we all know that their "move" to IOM is just for tax avoidance reasons and that in reality, Fury and his family will spend a lot of time back in the UK. He can afford to buy a few houses on the IOM to pretend he lives there. I can't imagine anyone genuinely believes the entire Fury family will put down proper roots and live in the IOM!!

Why not ? Id live on the isle of man. It looks nice

I bet is does if you're trying to avoid paying tax, but I doubt they'd welcome you @Scarlettjune , like most of us.

I dont care about the tax. I just quite like island life.

My colleague is the same, she was just telling me that she wants to move to jersey.

I have to be honest I don't know too much about the traveller community or their traditions (other than getting married very young!) It sounds quite depressing tbh from this thread. I have a 16 year old and hate the thought of children marrying so young.

Marriage can be a good thing though

Ditto. They wouldn't have John Nettles when he was playing Bergerac, so doubt you have much of a chance, like most of us (who live in the real world)

Unless you are a closet multi millionaire and not on the wind up.

I'll confess I know very little about this family and wasn't aware about V being taken out of school at 11. That's terrible.

One has to hope that the teenage groom will be too intimidated by his in laws to ever mistreat her. It's a sorry state of affairs.

Married well under 16 years? What does this mean?

Its great life, I love it and wouldn't change a it

You need to stop making excuses! Harsh words I know but come on. Nothing is stopping you now.

I had a very tough childhood. I knew the only way out was education so I bloody worked at it, while holding down a part time evening job and taking care of my younger sibling cause my mother was passed out drunk on the sofa!

the past is the past the future is what you make of it

I'm no Tyson Fury fan but you don't get to be heavyweight champion of the world if you're not a good boxer.

TBH most of us would not want office jobs even if we could. But it's why family and community matter so much. We totally depend on each other when things go wrong. I know it's not how we're seen but most of my lot aren't keen on the benefit system and people generally directly share what they have, while you do it through taxes..

Also most women can sew and know how to make things which does get fallen back on, especially as you age, as we don't generally have pensions.

But you don’t know any different so you don’t know what else is out there