Jilting the teen bride
The family of a young bride stood up at her Isan wedding has turned down an offer from the groom’s family to hold the wedding again next month, saying being duped once was enough.
The young bride, “M” (full name withheld) Yusamran, 15, was left to greet guests alone at her simple wedding, held under a rented tent at her home in Phra Thong Kham district of Nakhon Ratchasima, after the groom and her lover of seven months, Theeraphat Khemsuntia, 20, failed to show.
The bride’s family posted pictures of the failed Jan 17 wedding and asked friends to share them. The story was taken up widely by the Thai media last week, amid claims that the bride’s family pressured the groom into marriage after the groom had his way with the…
