It’s all over the UK news. This teacher has, apparently, disappeared to France with one of his 15-year-old pupils.
And, it brought to mind the time my sister disappeared with some guy.
I don’t, unfortunately, remember the details. I think she was about 15 or 16. The guy was older – maybe in his 20s.
They went off together and were away for several days (or was it a week, or maybe longer?).
I’m sure the police were involved.
I remember my parents being out of their minds.
And I remember thinking that:
a) she knew what she was doing,
b) that my parents, for the way they treated her, deserved it (to some extent) and
c) that she had finally ‘got away’.
Except that, in reality, she hadn’t. She was back soon.
I guess the same will happen with this story too.
it’s called la “fuitina” here and it used to be fairly common in places where conservative education was a bit too much restrictive, like in Sicily.
It’s outdated now though, as far as I can tell.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuitina
Yes, Lola. Eloping. In the UK, in the past, couples would elope to a place called Gretna Green (just inside Scotland) as it was easier to get married there (Scotland and England have different laws).
However, in this case, not only is she 15 (and, therefore, under age – a minor) but he also married last year! In this case, if they get caught, he will be in prison for sure.
I’m pretty sure my sister was a minor too but I’m really not 100% certain.
I see.
I can’t imagine a fuitina in Scotland…
“b) that my parents, for the way they treated her, deserved it (to some extent) ”
why?!
LOL.
They only went to Scotland to get married – then they could come back as husband and wife!
As for the second part – because they always treated her as if she was not clever, as if she wouldn’t amount to anything in her life. I mean, she wasn’t really clever at school but I always thought it was bad that they didn’t encourage her to do better.