Yeah. Keeper of his Brother’s WIFE, that is. (Thanks Kar, DesiDancer and Sonia):
An Indian college girl has temporarily married her teenaged boyfriends elder brother so she can live in the same house as her lover until he is old enough to marry her, the Indian Express reported on Tuesday. [MSNBC]
Sneha Patel, 19, a resident of the western Indian state of Gujarat, was in love with Yash Kishan Parmar, also 19, and wanted to marry him despite her parents opposition to the match, the newspaper said.[MSNBC]
In India, the legal age for men to marry is 21, while for women, it’s 18. The law has good intentions; it’s meant to prevent child marriage. But then again, you know what the road to hell is paved with. ;)
Patel and Parmar eloped briefly but, not wanting to be on the run until Parmar was 21, Patel proposed that she would marry his elder brother and divorce him two years later.[MSNBC]
When the lowe-struck duo realized that they’d have to [gasp!] miss school for two years, they began to rethink their impulsiveness.
I hope that twenty-four months from now, we’re not updating you with drama and shocking developments in this story:
The elder brother even agreed to sign a contract saying he would divorce Patel after two years and treat her as his younger brothers wife until then, the newspaper said.[MSNBC]
Ah, “true love is the greatest thing in the world … except for a nice M.L.T.” ;)
A blessing on his head, to see his brother wed…to his girlfriend.
