I know a guy who did this 30 years ago as well. He hated his family so much that he married a 20 year old when he was 70's and left everything to her in his will so his cheating ex wife and the kids who only went to see him when they wanted money could not get it. It's funny in a way but when you think about it's sad that he had nobody in his life that mattered as much as a stranger.
In other countries this would probably happen more often than not. In this country the women are always acting like older men are creepers… when I was in Turkey I met a German couple. Claus was 65 his German wife was 28, I found out this is pretty normal in Germany. The women see older men as people who are more level headed and treat women better and have their shit together. This is the same in many countries. Women’s liberation movement has done nothing for relationships in the USA except make them toxic…
Helen never claimed his pension. His adult daughters threatened to ruin her reputation if she ever did, so this was not as much of a feel good story as the poster wants us to think.
This is misleading. Helen was not alive during the Civil War. It isn't amazing that a 17 year old in 1936 was the widow of someone who fought in the Civil War. It isn't crazy or cool.
Put that into context. They were married in 1936, he was 93 and she was 17. Im like civil war was like 1865 no way someone could live past 1965 let alone past the year 2000, even if they were just born in 1865.
This was common. One of these widows was treated at the VA Phoenix CBOCs until the late 90s. If you think about predators, young girls scouted out Civil War veterans during common Veteran Parades, planned events even into the 20th century.
it's always crazy for me to think about the fact that my grandfather was held captive in Russia for a while during WW2 (Yes….. I'm German….) AND I think he only met my grandma afterwards (ca. 15 years of age difference and since my mum is their youngest child by TEN years, I barely got to meet him, but for obvious reasons he never really talked about whatever happened over there to anyone… It would be really interesting to know…)
It really aggravates me how people learn about history and judge people for what they did. We cannot understand these times because we live in a much different and easier world than they did, but they never count this one insulting them and wanting to tear their statues down and holding them to today’s standards.
It's not ____ (fill in the blank with judgy term), it's two people taking care of each other, and quite probably loving each other (shocker, I know). Too many people don't understand what love is.
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She married him when he was in his 80s that’s it and then she lived to be in her 80s. Don’t need to watch the whole video.
Why does she look like Seth Rogan in a dress??
Imagine 1700 a month for free lol
Ahhh. I see.
Predatory for her or him?
Sure, tens of thousands of civil war widows and veterans voted Democrat in 2020 election…sounds legit…
It's called fraud
Illegally joined at 16 😆 it was 1861 different time. They literally had 9 year olds on the battlefield.
It's more like an adoption then
This is why the rules have changed and there are requirements and limitations on social security, military and government requirements.
thats beautiful he wanted her to be ok and knew he didnt have time so offered what he could
😳
I know a guy who did this 30 years ago as well. He hated his family so much that he married a 20 year old when he was 70's and left everything to her in his will so his cheating ex wife and the kids who only went to see him when they wanted money could not get it. It's funny in a way but when you think about it's sad that he had nobody in his life that mattered as much as a stranger.
I instantly knew where this was going to go
That is honestly mindblowing
Twenty one seventy sick????….bruh im so dissapointed in you
This was an epic piece of history!
In other countries this would probably happen more often than not. In this country the women are always acting like older men are creepers… when I was in Turkey I met a German couple. Claus was 65 his German wife was 28, I found out this is pretty normal in Germany. The women see older men as people who are more level headed and treat women better and have their shit together. This is the same in many countries. Women’s liberation movement has done nothing for relationships in the USA except make them toxic…
I would like to know how much that pension increased through the years!!
Down south they liked em young. That's what they were fighting over 😅
So… an extra 90 years of tax payer money being given to Someone born 70 years after the war that's being paid for. How is this cool again?
What year is twenty seventy sick? 😂
Ohhh so she was born long after the civil war was over, I was like that math ain't mathing
She was 14 when she married the old man
First documented fraud?
Did they have any children together?
Awww. That's really sweet of him to ensure her care for life
Helen never claimed his pension. His adult daughters threatened to ruin her reputation if she ever did, so this was not as much of a feel good story as the poster wants us to think.
Its a long way to say we found 1 joe biden voters in 2020. 19 999 999 are still unacounted for😂
She looked 40 at 17 😂
1700 dollars…. damn….
Sounds like even though they likely didn't experience romantic love for each other, there was love there, that's pretty special
Just as most Americans would be utterly shocked to learn that Abraham Lincoln could have actually received a Fax from an authentic Samurai
So it was predatory… a young girl married a dying old man to live off his money through a loophole of abusing the system.
This is misleading. Helen was not alive during the Civil War. It isn't amazing that a 17 year old in 1936 was the widow of someone who fought in the Civil War. It isn't crazy or cool.
But why if islam do it..human rage????
Put that into context. They were married in 1936, he was 93 and she was 17. Im like civil war was like 1865 no way someone could live past 1965 let alone past the year 2000, even if they were just born in 1865.
Now that's a flex!
This was common. One of these widows was treated at the VA Phoenix CBOCs until the late 90s.
If you think about predators, young girls scouted out Civil War veterans during common Veteran Parades, planned events even into the 20th century.
Seventeen and a half hundred dollars
it's always crazy for me to think about the fact that my grandfather was held captive in Russia for a while during WW2 (Yes….. I'm German….)
AND I think he only met my grandma afterwards (ca. 15 years of age difference and since my mum is their youngest child by TEN years, I barely got to meet him, but for obvious reasons he never really talked about whatever happened over there to anyone… It would be really interesting to know…)
It really aggravates me how people learn about history and judge people for what they did. We cannot understand these times because we live in a much different and easier world than they did, but they never count this one insulting them and wanting to tear their statues down and holding them to today’s standards.
Good for the both of them
It's not ____ (fill in the blank with judgy term), it's two people taking care of each other, and quite probably loving each other (shocker, I know). Too many people don't understand what love is.