do ppl get engaged when they r just kids? (like 2- 10 years old)?

Mollie	no it's illegal.

JooHeeâ™¥	In some cultures. Like aggranged marriages. Yes.

malmal	for certain cultures yes they do. but i say it is so stupid.

mcwife2	In some cultures, they do have arranged marriages. The parents make the agreements. Even in this day and time there are still practices of this sort. There is what is called a dowry, which is payment to the bride's family from the groom's.

doingthepanic	In cultures that practice arranged marriages. The marriages are not arranged because the kids like each other, though. That doesn't even factor in. The parents care about social status and $$$$.

Jedi Jan	Arranged marriages have always occured in history, and are stilll happening today. I don't think all the parents necessarily mean to be possessive and manipulative of their children, just wishing to find them suitable matched marriages. Still, I wouldn't have liked that to have happened to me. Some kids make pacts of their own violitions. My son was only about 6 when an 8 year old girl TOLD him he was her boyfriend, so he just went along with it. Later he sent an email to another girl TELLING her he was going to marry her....Now a teen he has a crush on another girl, and is heartbroken...I've told him that this will happen a lot, and he will probably keep on falling for many different girls...

Kevin M	In some "older" cultures arranged marriages do occur, however, it is not because the children play well together but more along the lines of two families becoming connected through marriage for various reasons including wealth. Does it happen in the U.S.? I honestly do not know. It does happen in certain cultures where the woman is VERY submissive and taught from birth to be nothing but supportive and nearly at the beckon call of the husband who is perceived as the head of the house.

miss_homicide	umm that would be weird. No one knows where the kids would be in their lives by the time they are old enough to get married. ALSO - just because they get along doesnt mean that they are meant to be married. What if one grew up to be gay, etc?? If this DOES happen, its really strange haha. I know that if I had married any of my school crushes over the years, Id be no where near as happy as I am today.

blah	It is very common in third world countries. the parents decide to get the kids married at the time of birth and when they get to a certain age when they aren't babies yet r not old enough to understand whats going on they get engaged. when they get older the parents expect them to get married and that is when the tension boils up.

anand harsha from jodhpur	Yes Many regions in india basically in villages many people set their children engagement in their childhood, even when their child didn't speak well. And when they become mature they get married without knowing each other. Many times the person to whom the girl engaged died and then girl live her life like a widow. As people in villages get educated the rate of child marriage decrease.

samy n	it was happen on past...now it may happens on small village on the same family......especially on eastern countries

Kate	i don't think adults say that two kids are meant to be with each other when they are lder. there are still cultures that have arranged marriages ... personally, i would rather not be told who to marry.

khzr05	no

fool	these things happen, but not really because they can get along. when this happens in certain cultures it is more becuz of parents' wishes.. may be because of business ongoings, better if they had become one big family or sometimes it is just the way the culture goes... there are so many reasons for an action like that.

christi	Its called an "arranged marriage" and yes. It is sadly still common in other countries but was WAY more common until the 20th century.

!	Yes. In most Arabic countries, the engagement is not up to the couple. Rather, it is the parents who decide for their kids and this may happen when the kids are as young as one day! In fact, a child may be engaged even before it is born, assuming that their guess of the gender is right. For example, one goes to the house of a friend and says, "If your wife gives birth to a girl, I want her for my son". The other person possibly replies, "So be it". Also, in ancient China, these practices were very common. Today, however, it's getting less popular by the day.

sydney v	um no I dont thnk so that is kind of stupid no offence lol

â™«Mrs. Nick Jonasâ™«	Probably in some countries that make kids slaves, yes. But I think they should stick with toy dolls getting married instead.

kaiyamyoung	i don't think so but parents do choose who there kids are going to marry when there little and then when there older the do get engaged and get married some times it is there culture.

Joanna V	some people do, but usually for the parents gain, like for the other family's money.

Strawberrysweetkitten	in different cultures..yes

#1yankeefan	there are some cultures that parents will choose their children's future spouses at a young age, but usually when they are older than the children you just described

I <3 you.	A long long long time ago Indians used to that...12 year olds would get engaged and then when they were a lil older (20ish)...they went to live with their husband.

what u talkin' bout?	In some countries perhaps it might still be done.

Positive P	In arab country I think.

Tyler&RyansMom	in some countries yes the parents do...but personally i think its wrong you should choose who you love..not someone else.

Ash	in certain countries..yes

Joseph P	um no

Oceanside	That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. Tell those people to get a dollhouse and play with dolls.

Regina S	in different cultures..yes