Quote From: boobear328that she DID run away at 16! SHE WAS/IS RETURNED BY THE AUTHORITIES TO THER MOTHER! Then she ran away 2 weeks AFTER she turned 18!
Apperently she WANTS to be with the man she loves(still unconfirmed by mom and the show that he IS abusing her and STILL we dont know if its a fact or not). SHE IS 18! Mom or the law now cant touch her IF she doesnt want to come back, and you cant make her come back if she doesnt want to. ONLY SHE (the daughter) cant leave if she wants to not Dr Phil or anyone.
I am thinking the mom needs to cut the cord and quit with this, mom DOES talk to her on the phone (everyday and/or everyother day from the show)and CAN hear her voice and KNOW she is alive. And she CAN see her on the show as well. The mom is going overboard with this. IF AND I SAY IF he is being abusive to her she can leave (from what it sounds she still dont have a VISA,which is what he IS supposed to get 2 years ago). SHE HAS TO LEAVE ON HER OWN, NOT BY THE FAMILIES WILL!
Many families dont/cant accept the new man in a persons life. My mother did the same thing, but I learned on my own and made my own choices.
Really this isnt a kidnapping if she left AFTER turning 18 and on her own!BEFORE when she was 16,yes it was. NOW it isnt! This is going overboard with the family. She is 18 and needs to live her life and mom needs to cut the cord.
I agree with your assessments, so far anyway. She is now 18, legally an adult, and nobody can touch her or MAKE her come back if she doesn't want to. Like you said, IF this guy is in-fact abusing her, then that's really awful & she (the daughter) needs to make the decision to LEAVE ASAP! But its up to HER (the daughter). I personally wouldn't go to another country alone, hell~ I wouldn't go to another state alone, no matter how old I was, especially to see someone I hadn't met in person, but that's just ME. And if I had children & they wanted to do something like this, I would definitely ask them to REALLY think about it beforehand... however, if they were adults, then the choice is ultimately THEIR'S.
And as far as people saying that 18 is too young to be married.... that's something that needs to be decided INDIVIDUALLY, NOT as a whole group! There are lots of people in this world who got married at that age & are still together 20/30+ years later & are happy! So it really depends on the person/people.
