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We're not going to side with the people who think the east coast earthquake was God expressing his displeasure at New York making gay marriage legal. But if we were Valeriya Skevchenko, we'd be rethinking some of our choices.Shevchenko, 18, was all decked out in a wedding dress at the City Clerk's Office in NYC on Tuesday (Aug. 23), waiting for her 19-year-old fiance, Dmitriy Grif, to join her. When the earthquake hit, she took off running through the park, cellphone in hand to find him. They were reunited outside a nearby subway station and returned to the City Clerk and tied the knot.
Small problem though: A photo agency snapped a picture of Shevchenko that has gone viral. Which would be fine, if they weren't trying to keep their marriage a secret.
"His mom is going to go crazy," Shevchenko tells the New York Post, before adding that the aunt and uncle that she lives with have also been kept in the dark.
"My relatives don't know yet. They'd say we're too young and not for each other."
At least they have quite a story to tell, whether it's to their grandchildren with each other ... or another.
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If you are marrying a man and are terrified of his mother, then keep running, and don't look back! A bad mother in law is wore than a terminal disease. Run! Run! Run!
This is America, where they get to make their own decisions once they reach a certain age. If they felt confident about what they were doing, good for them. Too bad their families are so old school they missed the ceremony.
18 and 19? Yes. You're too young. But marriage, like tattoos and piercings, can be used to show your family how grown up you are. Other people may have gone to college, traveled, met some of the other 7 billion people on the planet. But kids on the back side of their teens know what's best for themselves.
She should sue the photographer because i am pretty sure she didn't stop while running to locate the man she loved to sign a release form for the photograph to be published.
If the bride was on public property, the photographer would not need a release.
Congrats to her and her man! A little young? No! My parents where married and pregnant with me by then! What's up with people thinking you should wait until you're 100 to marry? Good grief.
I just saw the photo. She's ready to be married.
Not too young. I was married at 19. We now have 6 children and have been married for 16 1/2 years.
Not too young. I was married at 19. We now have 6 children and have been married for 16 1/2 years.
Good for them. God Bless them both!!!